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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.( r* k' o- r E' T9 N
Touching words from the mouths of babes.
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; D+ m( Z( a1 X, EA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?', v" x6 i7 G+ m: r" p
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. K' |2 R; w5 L) f4 A
: _' c! `) { E T* DSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'( B2 k# {3 g5 ^* ?: r8 Z
Rebecca- age 8
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; s; x7 r1 u0 i3 v1 h'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
q9 ^" d5 h5 `9 _3 }* TYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.': k4 d! I( \8 _+ s- K3 n& u1 M
Billy - age 45 s b1 f7 m, p" V7 i" p; f
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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.'! X; }- W, ? _1 q3 ~. z8 @
Karl - age 5
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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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% Y% }! m O4 Z'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'; Y3 O5 x- Q% P" Q% Q1 h
Terri - age 4
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0 U1 h8 l0 ~0 B0 \3 a! J0 j- N'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.'1 ?" W8 D! m: ~; M( C" H$ N
Danny - 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.
, f2 l2 E% Z: L. @My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss': F3 ~! D A1 t1 ~. p
Emily - age 8
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" m7 r9 C4 K1 Y! R0 C'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'! `* I" W1 p/ }
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Nikka - age 6' Z& b+ P K8 V7 A" }+ N }: x$ ^
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)! W! Z! Y6 L1 r! U# d% D4 H0 q
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5 W/ x$ j6 j: l/ s'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.'; a. \. {6 M% R' C- m
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., B4 g6 @4 x! c4 F/ j' _& j
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'( R, N o7 e% ^& V
Cindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
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* [2 X2 s4 u' X0 w2 i'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'; o# i" v/ ]# Y, h* _) V0 d
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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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" u- a: F8 m+ V, [- v, y'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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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
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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.'
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2 Z; d( S7 Y9 R, b7 C/ uAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.3 x/ D+ B6 o8 \( X4 U! Z4 X
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.9 W; _9 i: {% m \9 q8 `; U
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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.
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! X& P8 Q& V: e8 k5 \; |Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there./ ?. l6 T6 t' Y; x; }8 e5 ?4 [
/ Z; O# V' K; q0 v' X8 UWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,; h! @5 h; R2 y& U0 u* S
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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