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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
0 s# _- R; f. D R: uTouching words from the mouths of babes.
/ _0 R8 f" h% M2 O# ], \$ S2 _What does 'Love' mean?6 c0 U7 k+ ~/ m, M4 h3 Q
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
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/ w9 L2 {" n4 h'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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" o6 _1 h. Y! u; k4 N2 sSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
6 l$ g. h% ]( A9 O& V" bRebecca- age 8
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' v& `4 N" H. ]) B'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different." a U+ j6 i3 _' ~% S% ?
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
7 a6 L# X' d& | gBilly - 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.'/ z+ J* K; ]6 U8 S% A
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.'; o+ ]- _& p, S6 w) y
C hrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'% z" i& ~% K! e% D. t- v/ ?( o
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'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.'$ h! i1 \9 f" D7 R+ }
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.1 `9 o9 |: x2 ]6 o8 y( I, t
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'& Y1 m/ W1 a# ?, u2 D- r; n3 J
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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8 {, Q( e! Y* v+ d. U'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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% D8 E2 `) U& a/ J T'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.'
4 ?- g) B5 k4 F- r cTommy - 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.0 |; @9 }2 l- Q% M6 [
% z, _. A. U4 |, j, C ^6 ~He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.': K. Z3 m7 ]1 b) U6 U9 n
Cindy - age 8
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" Y# E" E2 @$ P! s'My mommy loves me more than anybody- B, H1 v3 s @( E, Y% }
( d) h3 I9 z; I- w. B! XYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'4 Q# P- K4 S4 H% D* T
Elaine-age 5
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'' Y/ ~. u: G1 l: E! {) r
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y5 |& \" W1 C0 _( r3 d'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'5 k) |/ O8 C, ?/ B$ D& D8 Q
Mary Ann - age 4
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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.'
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)- Z4 e& X: p Y4 R- ~; B7 K$ D
Karen - age 7
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+ r3 L" f N1 \+ [: D5 ?0 z'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.'
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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8 l6 z& [8 B! ^) c+ \) rThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.( O( q K! S) ?9 U8 G8 U$ G
7 N, M, f! S7 MThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.# E z7 ?2 S! A, f( Y: H
2 a |5 b' X7 v3 \' U N! wUpon 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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$ L! L# t* E" e8 g) B3 ?'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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