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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.1 ~+ l5 n7 L+ L. @. g# U2 v8 ^3 Y
Touching words from the mouths of babes.
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" R; G+ ~' Z4 m( o% u8 _6 NA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
4 Q5 o; ~1 C8 _7 r2 w2 V$ a+ y- JThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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/ P+ @7 g3 D2 c* ^; M$ w4 I0 J'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.'5 i$ S0 P) ]! u+ v6 ~8 |
Rebecca- age 8
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You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'+ ~. l; p, T$ d/ y& \4 Z8 G" B
Billy - age 4
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. r0 [5 Z. y/ d; q; ?3 \- S% |'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'2 Z m- C7 b0 g5 T. l! P. U& g
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.'/ p/ j2 s7 U+ E( f% z/ m- _7 G
C hrissy - age 6
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: j* B8 S- B: L2 j'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'/ o9 M: M4 t4 V( L- M- t) v* a2 _
Terri - age 4
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) h# ~/ Z; e& K7 A' ~, z% h- v'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.
! J5 c8 Z+ R G2 `My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'% P, q& J9 z: v; C* G2 K% J
Emily - age 8
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
6 Y% B/ F, Q# p6 H; ~5 yBobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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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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(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.'
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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.'
( `5 d2 J! r1 F% eTommy - 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.4 b! D- `3 j4 N' I) _$ ?
' x8 a3 `8 b3 _% \' \4 BHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.': q# \; p* F6 _# ^1 R( z
Cindy - age 8
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; @% P L5 d, X+ c( X& A'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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C lare - age 6
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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( K2 K* O* z6 o0 w6 v- b" f'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'/ x$ e' ]' N$ _- ]8 l
C hris - age 7
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'5 m6 c6 S" O- d% O/ O
Mary Ann - age 4 _: g! _5 f7 Y( n: i: g" z! v
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. Q {2 K) W1 f9 S/ E! a+ L'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'2 m% k8 L0 K$ u2 o
Lauren - age 46 `" P, E0 M3 r1 B7 ?) W
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% o" z# o5 _, N4 q) k'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
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; \) [: r, a/ z# u) R) N'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.'# b# x, E M# U- L* t* e ~& K
Jessica - age 8
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7 a7 e: }9 u# q, r; o f/ hAnd 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.& U8 D5 [ S- N4 s0 N
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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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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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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,3 }, N' ~) d# i( P
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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