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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.0 _" l u5 K/ A
Touching words from the mouths of babes.
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A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
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4 E+ Q, b6 O' z% Q2 e b: h'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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: `9 ~* F5 h! RSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
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" L0 q5 v$ k/ \* ['When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.( o- f9 t/ w" p) i t; `; J
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'% R' W. H/ T, g" y, A* t- I% d
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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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4 M; ` q u# x( `7 r4 a% Q'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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: g7 ]' A. \0 j) ] R! J5 ~'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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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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& W" X& w' ]' z$ `( j: K'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.$ E$ t" J* e* `5 h
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'$ o" f) v* Q0 t3 D
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7 w, l, G/ _2 ^0 _7 r'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
& K2 d2 F" |2 |1 i4 I8 A" A( eBobby - age 7 (Wow!)3 ^1 u7 {/ Y+ N
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1 g: @5 g$ i$ N6 E+ q# M8 e'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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9 R8 E$ x# u9 g8 V8 L+ I& P1 `$ x/ cNikka - age 69 a1 ?; p+ e) X3 |4 o7 }2 g
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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# w* d% v' Y* B! {: c/ x& R* M'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'4 z4 c& s+ R# [4 Q
Noelle - age 7
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, `& q# W ?1 V+ [! T; Y'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'* I5 j$ X, y+ ^! x l2 ` l
Tommy - age 6
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8 i, a0 S/ x* \2 j2 u, v'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.') Y, t7 I7 ^) v* i3 O- v; p
Cindy - age 8& Y/ q; [- V1 j: F" b6 [3 o J1 Q
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+ W5 Q" h. {- }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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' o/ G9 p2 `& C7 S'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'3 T# j: K; ^: _7 o! I
Mary Ann - age 4
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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.'
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4 h5 _. b( M; Q$ v6 W5 @0 \+ G8 Z'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)2 U& m% C0 o* b* a c
Karen - age 7
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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.'* |. a& |6 ^9 U, g7 b
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/ | d7 W, Z8 B% a5 a; ?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.7 r, g* A |5 y0 F" w. Q
: A5 {" f/ }. N X% xThe 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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- {6 W' ]0 K0 d; mUpon 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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2 u/ ~3 W" v- t) \/ O( X, jWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,: K+ s) ~" d! _, Y
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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