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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
" R& G* K) g e3 C# `3 x w0 ?7 xTouching words from the mouths of babes.
1 J# J3 ?' F# b9 Y- @$ c$ uWhat does 'Love' mean?" B7 O3 h5 H4 S: Z2 G" G
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'1 p, ^* t v( N
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:8 i0 S3 v' ?* Z/ Q! F# }
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'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.'
/ M: \' H/ Y4 Q# n* XRebecca- age 8$ x( a5 R; v& Z
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( D a; O5 ] ~0 i: c'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.( _8 Y# J/ N) f/ ?! {
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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$ J B' _ H' ~' C2 z% {6 C'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
$ w O7 }$ P1 y% hKarl - age 59 n$ J( K7 h! b ]5 s5 y
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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.'
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'6 a; ]$ l: G' G9 C$ D+ ]8 f
Terri - age 47 v& i- N r. v$ H; |
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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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! f# l. O7 R5 @* L+ Z* J% P'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.6 I6 _: X- ~; [9 ]3 q3 R
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
, |. L$ g, m8 cEmily - age 8
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; f! [( h( w/ B. Q' \; |'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
+ e0 i' |- f/ pBobby - age 7 (Wow!)1 l+ X5 C# M, \
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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Nikka - age 64 K) r+ r0 x2 c4 Y
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)% t+ u( [7 o( q' M
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0 J- T8 T% S# p/ g# i9 `'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.'; X. C3 {# b1 k0 V! g: i% r
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8 D) {. g. s7 F. w'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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( Q% d9 Z9 i% g4 v; L/ f'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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4 S) n. U+ q9 O. {You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
9 V7 L2 ^8 q5 W6 M* {C lare - age 6
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.', t2 t: p/ O) E9 z( z
Elaine-age 5
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'5 ^- V& g+ O6 n- U3 z- ^+ @& a: ~9 R2 X
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Mary 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.'# U- f' T2 h5 n5 S2 D* C
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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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4 t) @% b9 E! e! W: H'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.'
3 ]: }. M4 P1 ~2 o* D2 q% nJessica - age 8
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5 b1 x/ y; Q4 [% |6 {And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.# K* Q8 N3 F) O: j; N
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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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4 P' Q, W1 N/ |2 O* t, EUpon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.9 W9 p, A/ @ D1 m& K9 a
, n `0 X* T0 b1 Y. aWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,% n& g/ t5 G- u5 Y
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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