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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
: y$ |0 A: E9 h @: T: m9 d2 m. T, eTouching words from the mouths of babes.
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# ?/ ]5 @ t( D% A( g! Q' u) dA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'3 l2 P5 O: ~; B9 [
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:8 q$ Y' a, @! A8 N; |4 d' ~ T- G
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5 u7 T& W9 C7 b0 W! P4 Z) F'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.'* K& v+ [3 ^( C" w8 |+ B
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.9 S. K5 g5 T0 t- O* N
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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; l& y* t! i% U9 s'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.') F. h# Z% o# |! c y
Karl - age 5
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% ?3 N' j# L4 v( B) W'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.', j5 T6 s7 y' B6 c* o3 s
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'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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'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.+ C3 H7 y$ r. ^$ M e5 L3 ~* E
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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' b: q) a+ W4 b# o'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
5 _* |! n: W- f: N. T5 w) NBobby - age 7 (Wow!)" k }1 a1 r% |; X8 j* X5 I
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# t& ]% i7 U7 w" L7 F. a) ?. w$ ~5 \'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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0 s' z/ ]8 x" C5 O+ zNikka - age 6
: M# L: ]& O7 y2 f(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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& A1 Y! `9 B; M0 q'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
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' _0 s9 `, H3 Q9 Y- B9 H( s'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'
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. S) m; j7 h7 R. C5 s* @'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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. O# Z8 B- s6 }% _; vHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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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.': A2 g, ?% I5 y' [3 n
C lare - age 6
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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5 ~, T- K2 c; Y ?& u1 ^'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'/ [/ G; D2 M- d, j# @+ B2 _- f! d
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.'$ [1 @# [/ S2 Y+ y# B& }# `) Z* E
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$ {1 C2 E0 ^1 w4 O0 M( g! E'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
( b' C7 O, B4 CKaren - 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.'- c+ \0 p5 P' n( A/ U
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( A8 ^' p0 @ ~And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.: _( y9 p. Z4 J1 A5 a/ D
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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* W+ n: O+ _# s9 }The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.) L5 T. t* i4 x0 Q( R
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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./ K9 @/ j, v- g5 |- H
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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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