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Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
4 s0 k: S. y) Y+ B" O$ t9 VTouching words from the mouths of babes.
9 e6 F& U( X1 _) t4 G9 dWhat does 'Love' mean?
# |4 e: V3 _7 H/ y1 r! w# @A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
% |) _( F z, W8 h" ^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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9 O* p8 A! ~9 t: k+ N1 u/ jSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'2 `# g' D4 \0 _
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.( f# Z' n. M5 |! H) P
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'- k6 v; s5 X4 `
Billy - age 48 S7 c% x- k* D d# C, ]
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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.'0 k8 C. Y. {0 o. s6 p( w, l
Karl - age 55 m& T8 }( ^& D5 U" d
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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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* k& C ]3 P" b) O- r'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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/ i: L# A% c% l6 z4 g'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.'
5 M x0 J% A6 u3 R7 F \Danny - age 7
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* l5 H0 d2 F$ g' _3 r'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.( Y1 G: c3 _, `
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
8 ?) K! K% }* t. y6 w- ~ }4 HEmily - age 8
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0 L* g1 G7 s! O'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'1 R+ y, U c& U, m" f" z$ M1 H" d9 Z
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!). S4 ^/ S1 h" f5 u( N, M
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- q9 J2 B* P X' x8 h'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'% p, e/ P# C. N* M1 \
2 P. b7 r3 p6 l: P! C- qNikka - age 6- ^: U( o+ C8 e! m3 v$ f( ?
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)! N* i: x5 }6 Y) J9 ]& }+ j
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) q0 H( j; b% `( p; z# h. l5 {'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.'
9 @8 S8 h. J" w) T7 wTommy - 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.
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'6 h% C7 Y& S. M% G8 t8 r! {) t
Cindy - age 8" ]: E$ \7 t* y. |( S$ e
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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$ h# Q: L) y- l6 F7 `) r3 g8 _$ g3 p7 KYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'* A0 F2 k2 T) m# I. x" L
C lare - age 6
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" T0 n* T9 v& I# a* B; l: r'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.' S5 E1 Q) u' t8 A. Y6 I
Elaine-age 5
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. W& ^! m" E1 [/ ]) S4 w' z# c'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'8 J- u2 P2 t- r
C hris - age 7
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# @* N: O! d% a1 ~'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
1 Z! h) t4 G* D. n/ W; b2 xMary Ann - age 4* \9 L; M0 E+ L$ G6 Z
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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.'
) s1 l0 i* c/ r* ~; W1 W( zLauren - 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)
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9 c4 K+ {5 m5 L. M' r7 x'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.'' R/ N, J6 ^# x' Y; S
Jessica - age 8
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.5 v5 H$ o, `0 U0 h, b9 l
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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; ~4 w" a4 y) y# |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.6 M% b" Y6 R+ T% E+ o
- V4 k: {' c5 C( _" U$ K* d9 wWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,. q1 W8 Z4 `( c9 X4 B9 V
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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