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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
6 b% u/ f j( d2 o! a8 U; ]) hTouching words from the mouths of babes.9 `1 `- b4 j8 x; Z1 H3 c; \+ Y6 J( ^
What does 'Love' mean?
, s& P9 A7 \2 SA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
6 X, W; u; g. s# TThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:* ^1 N: ?/ L' ~9 S' J, j% {
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'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.; ]" |# `/ h" V3 @& e2 z
8 B6 Z3 p, H( e9 J. H1 u* h' {So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.') c3 ]/ L* b# R, @
Rebecca- age 8( G7 ?" F, ]* d1 Z
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8 q9 \: D1 D8 N% @2 y" d- ?'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
; @$ Q0 y- W7 I- ]- ^You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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( A" @ T- a5 P( }) {/ O3 s1 }$ `4 _'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'2 E% U& |$ w" A3 o# F
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.'$ M9 i+ {" {& D7 F# ]1 I6 O
C hrissy - age 6
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$ {- l i9 u, X8 E'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'4 R; F/ d, L( }; Q. 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.'# j3 @% Q+ g6 a6 D
Danny - age 7- D: F$ Q$ z3 E8 C
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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 {4 @* Y- ~% q0 a& iMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
( K% U# q& o5 g+ C9 n/ ?6 k8 rBobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'. B" d$ n* T8 ?
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Nikka - age 6
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. i% f0 {" x$ ^/ w v: A0 Q/ Z'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.'
! P1 a- V3 H0 e+ B7 h$ iTommy - age 6
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4 p% c7 F7 i1 x, y' ?'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: J: u2 O# ^0 O$ ]: T
. C, D* R7 f8 ~' ]He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'2 @$ a$ q. _% \
Cindy - age 8
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! D* |* \4 c6 g, `2 m7 f9 j'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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# I4 |8 @7 C& YYou 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.'
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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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.'
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)/ m1 `1 {0 e/ b- `: C9 O/ R
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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.8 P* I3 k5 t- V( A7 h% k8 {
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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.
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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.
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7 a6 J ^ `5 G6 B0 _) UWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
# ^( q% V9 o; v, N& l1 v+ p'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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