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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
6 W Q% Z* V( @Touching words from the mouths of babes.
1 K+ R: ~/ u6 g/ B: TWhat does 'Love' mean?
3 M2 M% u& T( p& AA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'8 ?2 C, A6 |1 n1 w& J
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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9 D. |: k! B9 e/ q'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.- I' V: y. n* h* c9 G
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
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! r2 }3 d, _) X'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
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Billy - age 4
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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.' N! \) m$ t! B N$ a: c& J+ M9 t
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/ C( U2 { z" E* e$ Q8 `'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 F% u; o# c; T: i
C hrissy - age 68 C% D1 r, N' d
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6 _+ B* X+ u3 i7 Y1 X'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'% p6 d3 b" h- o) \6 L+ l
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! `6 f& Y" t9 s. n0 Y, H: J w'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.'$ t7 s3 R! \( `/ ?% {& D
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1 q( x" Y7 D3 B& t. b8 l7 z: }2 V'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.: i% Q: p5 j' L) L
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'2 H$ _: {: @) Z; `3 C
Emily - age 8
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0 X% O7 q9 ]6 T! ~! i'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'$ {, [* Y. F2 u" E/ B+ Q2 ]& y, `2 {5 Q
; u' l% ]/ e8 W$ Q$ j: FNikka - age 6
0 [; j; c1 J+ v(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.': S! `9 h# Y0 b0 B+ E
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.'
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1 V5 I. w" ~ y* B7 R, R9 W+ P7 Q'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.' w S3 M! u4 v, ^
4 }# n5 Q8 @* H" 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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C lare - age 6
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' x) {$ S5 {, j% L" V'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'5 _- N) @ K; W5 j$ q' r- I4 L
Elaine-age 5
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'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.'; p" c/ _# `$ J$ I9 E* B, g" n: N% C
Lauren - 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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'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.'2 v) p. o7 w. `: X& T7 W {
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. E: I. N% `8 S$ E# j/ qAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge." l* k* q; p2 E2 O4 ^( O' u
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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.0 q7 g a* K( L5 _0 E
3 ]7 S4 i( C1 s5 O$ d: jUpon 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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'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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