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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.2 h2 `% M7 G. x4 Z
Touching words from the mouths of babes.0 ~' x: L+ q) Y6 ~( C/ D1 Y
What does 'Love' mean?5 K; C5 Q; y% i( y5 U( S( R9 h
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'7 e# c4 [7 k/ ~1 [
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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; R/ k C+ o- A6 M8 @* K4 ]So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
/ j2 C5 A# z/ C* w6 XRebecca- age 8& O5 V9 B6 k4 J
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G- S+ k* Z4 X( w. a'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
# S& c1 ^' f5 RYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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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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& |) F! m9 C0 }( S4 R" c5 j! s# m'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'1 u$ @9 ^& c# |& C5 |/ T" l
C hrissy - age 6% F9 P, m1 I. a \; e0 S2 V
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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6 g9 Z3 J, F, b L9 N6 ]/ T6 \'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.') z' z% l8 k. Y& r8 O1 }* U
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.
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Emily - age 8
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7 \' }* ^$ w( {' v. ['Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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9 E. t; P: A" z# p$ `( ~'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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Nikka - age 6
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8 o/ P2 }. A: T( W'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'" Q9 r8 a: ]; D- N" ?
Noelle - age 7( P6 ^, h) J. n D2 G4 m
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5 q% G2 k ], }/ C* P8 q6 n& t'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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R' @7 g, v* a5 L'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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6 a2 H$ v1 W3 _% f' C- }( g9 vHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.', i3 X! E- O, T, w5 v
Cindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody: ^( u5 t6 m. n2 E
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C lare - age 6
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'9 w: U% C: ~' u4 Z3 A2 l$ m
Elaine-age 5
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. ?) k C0 B5 B5 P7 p4 T# ]) g'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'7 V7 r+ b2 m+ ?- F/ ^# T
C hris - age 7
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& o+ h% x; l/ n+ D, ^7 q$ F E'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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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.'
8 V# H; [5 [. w- L- `* c% H3 H7 wLauren - age 4
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)1 u3 B6 z, _1 j2 s% |' m
Karen - age 7
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" k: D/ @2 ^2 \' M; D'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.'
& m3 P3 @& D7 c6 qJessica - age 8
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, W* M& A) G( s' r# J. C0 e- k* tAnd 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.3 D. T& d1 N) D+ {# O) |% g" b
$ u m3 J1 Y4 AUpon 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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0 ^+ {: b$ K1 }' T' NWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,6 u& G' f a7 a+ `% }. w' h
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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