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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
2 K, }4 c3 p5 Q1 FTouching words from the mouths of babes.6 X7 C; v' g* ^6 Z3 y; V* i3 _8 d; b7 j
What does 'Love' mean?
( N2 Y+ B* `# kA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
+ J, @3 N* j/ k% }0 bThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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$ l, U: L9 [& W: K+ U0 Y! A( U, `'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'4 P" e) ]* f8 d! E3 T
Rebecca- age 8
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6 l/ b2 x! j% E'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
6 Z1 J1 }) W$ k! oYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'8 y; h, t. q |+ Y3 v( Z7 }
Billy - age 4+ D: R# v5 y; ]
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'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
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'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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% A. `8 F5 @ w* g'Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.'
: ]7 l9 g: Z3 I8 f) eDanny - age 7
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'Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more.: [- _9 i; T8 p: z! B. i
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'" \: ]9 b1 N# ~
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
8 ]8 R ~! A3 z# d& E6 o) r+ eBobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'" |7 F9 U! ], s y) d9 m W
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Nikka - age 6$ J$ H/ q+ f7 t) \9 j
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet); L ^5 \/ R# y* E" G
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9 I7 y. }9 \ B0 [# R! @* v'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
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'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'- u+ U& u; H5 W& N
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/ }: {. u* k& J'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.) m. a0 K. y+ G. ]1 s
- @. |! d9 }$ w' L! D- u3 Q9 |He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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, B3 Q3 s& d5 \# `( z'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'/ R2 E& M( ]& q6 F
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'! r! y+ k- w+ I! u4 F8 l
Elaine-age 5( |* x! I' |4 T+ @3 _' D
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'3 x7 g2 P! e; I# G
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; J2 l; U0 v$ |+ D( }- r3 W'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
$ q4 w& Y' n o( C9 UMary Ann - age 4/ {, U3 e0 Q$ D3 i! \
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'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'+ W# g5 B$ }: }) A
Lauren - age 4 h$ H8 d* y6 ~1 I6 |& K
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image), v' t1 h# k7 ]. p7 e7 F/ Y
Karen - age 7
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, V* d. ?; ^) A# V- Z& o+ o'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.' p2 R8 Z# z% @1 @6 f5 {- C
Jessica - age 8- b7 J/ V" Q+ X% {
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.: ~7 h- h. Q; i' d" m" T0 e
, ?: F0 x' p. \" pThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child." a" G2 y- k0 }
( y, ^+ a& }" e) AThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.
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Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
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'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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