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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
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What does 'Love' mean?" ~, j# ^& K* e. B* ^4 W5 P/ }
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'* Q3 e4 v" b; `, v4 L# K
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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, y2 K" l$ E2 _'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.6 r) J; |, K# s6 g6 g% f2 A1 o0 ^
) j. U9 N* ^# S, Q L$ X% w( _So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
, t8 ^" f3 @' _ q7 q8 g5 x9 D6 l3 oRebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.0 c3 ^( y) y# N. Z0 `
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'% I }- o' B% t$ F0 M! d
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.'9 L9 y& r2 F7 {8 Y7 c# ?9 f" ?
Karl - age 5
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( L5 L: ]( M. J2 `" F1 |- m'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'
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+ e3 W% n6 m. P# Z4 A6 y, ^7 k" k'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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0 `8 j" c! O3 i( U. O) q'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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# m& V' y4 W% l'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.
( c5 X0 M7 y3 m8 H9 H7 N+ hMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss') j4 y5 a/ f2 t" C8 G9 h
Emily - age 8
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! E5 ^" K9 N- s'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
* J) L9 t1 k; A. rBobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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7 _/ Q/ @. S, V. r4 M0 j'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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Nikka - age 60 f' f' d2 N! ]
(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.'
* p. E8 ~- P p% z# b: B) aNoelle - age 74 T: \* a! a- o. | G
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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.'
h( Q" [: r+ E: C7 Y2 VTommy - age 6
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# R7 k, o) i! [+ ]6 b: F2 {'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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) c% F: ?( G( r) XHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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h4 c) w! b% [. B& e- g'My mommy loves me more than anybody: R) w; k H0 ?) {0 O" z3 p
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
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3 Z# g* X2 v+ G- ^8 I( |' z'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'% h0 A L% |- V3 O: d# o0 v7 P0 D
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8 R: o u" f' K. C& {$ ^! L( z8 N'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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0 Z5 _8 U% X- @ [8 q- r7 A'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
9 `! G) D# g+ L( ` @ H* sMary 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.'
6 s/ t3 v. K+ H- ?+ w6 ]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)
, q3 a d3 p- ]' m8 fKaren - age 7* l! f# V: a7 f8 N. r1 z( R
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+ `4 i- u L. ~9 G, q6 k( {0 N'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.'7 ?+ S4 m/ P. P, @; ?% S. p# s
Jessica - age 8
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* \ x" _$ V ?4 h; V' f6 `5 DAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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' R' e9 l7 {4 N0 W" @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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; H3 l {* V1 C9 ?' tUpon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.# j- v+ J) L. [3 a* @
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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, z% y8 j1 t$ O9 K
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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