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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
7 Q; A% s2 [6 S5 cTouching words from the mouths of babes.) o4 h7 S1 f" f' J
What does 'Love' mean?
9 M- W/ C* y \' \' }# v0 HA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
% Z1 M- d: o; o9 N7 f2 [* VThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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1 Z P& \- ]* P' c' ]. Z! U+ ]9 t- H'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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4 |; s# ^. M3 Z/ @0 O, H9 N0 fSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'+ \% B4 Z4 o& S' i1 q L
Rebecca- age 8; O3 l6 R0 x2 N0 Y Q, _0 n5 i7 A
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1 a; U, y% \7 v. Q9 h6 ]'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
# W, }* H- L- oYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'2 r( M9 Y, \ q2 O, J$ Q2 V" Q
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.'0 z% n% k: s5 c
Karl - age 50 S& F1 U3 m3 H% A
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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.'5 I0 w# W$ B5 ~) G3 s; |
C hrissy - age 6
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" m2 S' k$ W8 j) @2 P2 h, _'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'0 |8 T/ F9 g# p @$ ^
Terri - age 4
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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.'2 L' i/ ~8 E$ S/ R6 D
Danny - age 77 ^9 |. \6 U: Q/ \- w6 _/ N k
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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 v$ n/ V" y# f8 x) U
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'5 i1 m2 |1 ]& S
Emily - age 8
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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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" }* g5 A3 S6 s9 q% |2 A'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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/ E6 \4 l4 S# d; Y% d8 r! V& ~3 ^(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.'* y! w( x$ C' W6 r
Noelle - age 77 u& C9 ~: ^( w0 [: o
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" b+ O1 f1 V1 i- S- @0 t5 H'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'+ ~! J' a6 z3 e2 p$ n, d1 B% W$ S
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.
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Z7 @3 [8 O/ ?' W, E1 R8 x% I% tHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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6 k* p, x# r: P' [0 K. ['Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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# R; j G. @+ P9 l; }- I'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'3 M$ b# ~' y! i/ r$ ]
C hris - age 7
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'- P3 q d n7 o& ^
Mary Ann - age 4
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" l( S# _& m" Z8 |4 w( Y'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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. e: V- @. S- o) m) X% k$ t1 P'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)% E7 K* n9 W6 M0 I. L B! N
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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.'
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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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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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, U8 l" z& L1 T; r( HThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.- K6 m/ `$ }1 R$ V. O+ v
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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.$ P' E! ^, s+ {; h0 b
/ }. D0 p: {1 F9 S; ]: K5 |# [ l9 sWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,& y" ^- v5 v2 o; I) _& w: N
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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