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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
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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?'
2 d( e+ b2 a. p& s3 J: Y, l) l% aThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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$ e& v0 ~5 @9 D- C$ i'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'& R" a0 T3 n( Y7 h
Rebecca- age 8
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'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.'
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% c! ] p' u% q" ^' c'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 W8 e# M' T* g. S7 T
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7 k: O0 @2 f. f3 {'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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$ F! i( i8 Z8 a) Z'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.', F1 X" o, S# D* _+ C5 n6 f2 O7 [
Danny - age 7
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+ y1 e9 K5 A( t" J'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.
+ B: K! Z! m, I4 I/ V( J1 j2 PMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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) q$ k* j. F) E7 c/ v8 c'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'6 Q, A, d" ~- t8 ]/ C" y
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)- X3 `% [2 {; G4 C2 j0 P1 `
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/ l* i' W2 l3 q1 u5 v/ f'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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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
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6 d2 E. I1 O; S8 w2 F'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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'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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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody- p, w6 s; c5 b* ^
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'# [! l1 I# _2 x5 J" I; u
C lare - age 6
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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% Y0 u% h4 z, x9 q'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'6 S+ j9 I% |. N. R" D
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
- r% ^% k. ?/ KMary 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.'
& @# K, e) z. t1 y2 b3 F5 F9 ]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.'
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. a7 [; B6 f) \! V' nAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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, ]0 @5 G8 U& b1 s* lThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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( _( k! }4 q, v8 \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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& D4 @0 I7 g# f y" r+ P# U) g# z! `" 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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% s; o' f% c* `- GWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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