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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
# [1 _0 s- x) V, f2 i1 `Touching words from the mouths of babes.
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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?'
! l' B; P1 V! H& VThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.4 ]# y3 H' }) i9 g% T! U
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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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% G2 W% \6 o$ ^'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
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" H6 d* I- M1 a% x! T2 OBilly - age 4
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: B8 R6 p4 x* K1 \; S- A'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'8 e. A( g" }! x/ @ d" i0 N
Karl - age 5
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) B! @6 m' W, M0 u% n'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'6 r( j' U5 v5 C& I% t% R
C hrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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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.'
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" c/ Y T& x" y'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.) e. T) A3 k2 O* ^* j( \8 ~
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'2 }. f9 M4 ~5 q' L4 e
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' r) L; Z% I! u7 [( b2 Q3 R8 r'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'; n9 L+ W3 S ^+ {, H
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'1 {% z% V8 u& v. z* c/ P
( K8 o8 h0 I, FNikka - age 64 s1 P$ ?+ Y4 a: E& t1 U( o
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)! o9 u6 D( a; ?0 p
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* w; y# b: P" V) g( U: ~' q'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'9 b. T& n* X, C6 y4 O
Noelle - age 7
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# V" H2 I( \6 g9 f, G; l& h& E'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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v. n, D8 p" v$ W+ g'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. N4 _2 D K w
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) P9 a' S& r" c. i: T: e'My mommy loves me more than anybody m" {9 k% p. P S0 f8 n6 j
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You 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.'3 d' D2 h$ a0 {8 p' d
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6 w, {8 H/ x1 ~; ], K' R: @8 `'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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$ o6 [8 A( e, j'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.'* \5 g. a2 v# f4 t: \/ _ _
Lauren - age 4
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% U2 @1 \- R; {. C0 x& x'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.'5 u+ w- o8 e6 {/ P, S9 C
Jessica - age 8
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1 {" U/ A5 t! J) ] f JAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.' n7 s4 u6 g7 @+ U) Q
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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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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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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