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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
( T% l% m. x1 N6 ~# j! X% ~0 aTouching words from the mouths of babes.8 R; T8 i2 Q: ~$ v* M: T7 Z
What does 'Love' mean?4 }, P$ p, _- i4 X
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?', [# l" g5 {' a6 h
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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'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.'0 T' `2 d8 }) w) ^/ i# L! [
Rebecca- age 81 I2 ]( v0 W/ s7 y; x0 U
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different." E1 a a; w* |
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'% Q# J( a8 J4 M( Z3 _
Billy - age 48 Z& u h' j! S5 |. [% r
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+ q0 i# C* k* I, k'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 what makes you smile when you're tired.'- Q& Y+ ]. O8 }8 N3 S
Terri - age 4
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'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.'
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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.0 i: Z1 h; A3 B. Y
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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9 Q- d y/ e: t'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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Nikka - age 66 n2 V; v! Q$ r* _$ _
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
0 y& G" w* g) h3 ]/ O% K! _* cNoelle - age 7
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4 G/ A% M. f' R [8 {'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'! V- l a/ Z* l+ B, x; A- n0 J4 F0 ] U
Tommy - age 6
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'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.
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'5 [! d" K, Z9 Q2 y
Cindy - age 8# N" W# v9 o( H j2 N
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6 y/ i1 g1 |0 C1 @) M* d'My mommy loves me more than anybody7 N# p3 v# k$ z1 n9 m! ~: K( D0 q/ J
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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5 Q$ a% y" P8 V4 h'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'( j+ \ X2 N- F3 N0 i
Lauren - age 47 V# @& t7 a& }; j& A
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+ g% q( M/ R- G# L'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)# C- F3 r+ E4 c# G9 }0 a( D
Karen - age 7; E' @, {. f; b$ C0 S4 m/ E
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'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.'2 {# P! p( ^" B6 Y+ W0 Q% Y$ \5 i+ K
Jessica - age 8
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.% ]) W) z+ Y& f# K8 d0 ?6 ~
, `+ L% e; [, V6 @! dUpon 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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- j) P) A6 m* H6 v% PWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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