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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
1 p8 A& `" V( OTouching words from the mouths of babes.
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A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'4 s( v; A- T. S% F' p
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:8 F5 @* t$ ?. M( V4 Y% V- u9 @2 N
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'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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5 O9 _$ I+ r# g- T1 `So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'( N- h7 h) @3 G0 f0 \+ b, R5 Z8 H- c
Rebecca- age 89 a. E% b2 r- i* C. L6 U* t0 A
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! ~! n& z9 |& G" ?3 K2 Y' t/ ~'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.5 ~+ {% G7 v2 u9 `% c
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
& W P" X+ J' k# Q- _1 IBilly - age 4- P$ |1 ]$ q: A" w4 y" e# u4 _
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, Z8 Y) ~: m6 l$ e6 S'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
5 z8 p: S' x$ P, jKarl - age 5
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2 f+ ]2 \ M1 u! M$ t6 r'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'
7 p Y" k7 ^% c* L. B7 AC hrissy - age 6# A* c; \$ e3 H7 |9 d- c! Y- j
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/ ^& O4 \! X: w4 O+ T'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'6 X( k. W$ Q8 W1 c
Terri - age 4) \( `6 t1 ^. K7 J+ H% o
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0 L1 q& `& B3 \0 e& V# [' c: k'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.'3 l) f2 R6 x+ O, e: V
Danny - age 7
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6 J/ H# g; Q6 a3 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.0 n8 b2 D7 u& O- w
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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' d6 s- t% e. j' N1 C$ `! l'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'; f: M8 o/ P: L; h+ I @
Bobby - 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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" s' T" ] A2 m$ }& J+ A(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet), J8 u; i1 w9 N3 r+ J8 W
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'( p& ~# A+ ~0 K2 F5 f/ e8 }- V
Noelle - age 7
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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.'+ Y; |1 Q/ A; `" B3 K9 H
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.# T2 Z2 N1 {" G
) L5 H1 V- |9 y# f' uHe 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.'; G; x% n f0 A) R3 J* ^( g
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* _/ Y: D/ |4 N1 {: \4 F W'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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7 G6 j* }, J. a( Q* \* P% \0 C'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.' n3 X8 s$ @+ W* a9 N' d* w
C hris - age 7/ [( r8 c+ N6 @2 `. B; I/ S
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- S/ e7 O9 k' i'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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6 ^ r7 |- `5 f, G'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'
# f# F. S' T9 j( Y* lLauren - 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)2 V9 W, M1 T$ ?7 z
Karen - 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.'
% N( q6 B3 H5 U9 \2 O+ FJessica - 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.. {6 b3 p" P) U* O
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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" [" |5 W- G7 G! }, H% h% QThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.2 @( O& ?4 k: t( l# j r3 d
1 |" J. v$ \; t+ b0 x6 qUpon 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,
$ H u' Y0 i; @: \1 _2 ?& M+ G2 y/ T'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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