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Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
' i+ Q: O5 W& y9 `- n: [Touching words from the mouths of babes.
. G7 J+ b: V5 T( PWhat does 'Love' mean?
+ U) w3 M4 U) LA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?' v0 J5 m i8 v! Z
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:' g, W5 ~5 |7 u" p# j5 b
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$ u9 t. n' p- _4 c'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.'# G: c. P7 L' }& G& b
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
4 W! r* E3 I1 S. e- @0 |& ?You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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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.'2 r" v: t9 }) B# C
Karl - age 5
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; d8 R. h' a5 R, y. D, F5 F'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.'
9 E5 ^5 m B, D8 ^1 y; STerri - age 4
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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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'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.) E2 _% N) f7 y" k4 X
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'% y9 C& \0 p) i* p
Emily - age 8" R4 p& n/ b6 {2 D& T
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
8 f, e. H# Y! S" j3 UBobby - age 7 (Wow!)" Q- \8 v/ e2 x t3 |9 p
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'' o o- ?$ M3 s+ q* \3 p* N8 [
( D" I* J0 ~0 ^" z6 FNikka - age 6
' \( X8 w! \; C c7 `. o) W" I(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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! o9 E, b; M' t S8 P" j'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'8 W: |+ M* E. w$ A1 N- j/ _: b; O
Noelle - age 7
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# ~" B. d1 D- K; h0 @7 i) A'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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6 ]: F* V# B! Y- P5 vHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'7 g8 Q1 V6 s0 X( x( F! [1 \! O
Cindy - age 8' T4 B6 J4 g E
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody, E, H7 J5 N/ u& o5 U8 w: H
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'/ g1 A" p% f0 {: A( b
C lare - age 6
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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.'
" m7 }0 y2 z* m9 K/ }; zC hris - age 7
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7 G3 p) L% T9 g o' z; X'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
2 T. s; u! {7 Y: e2 g \( b% tMary Ann - age 46 V% x; t0 f1 H
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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.'! i( M4 D. {/ Y4 [9 [
Lauren - age 4
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7 J0 n- F; k7 B4 T+ K'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)) Q) O9 E# R6 m$ w2 F! y$ t \
Karen - age 7
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% l( W/ Y1 B) F5 C$ f8 M'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.'& N1 E2 W/ U& }8 k% r
Jessica - age 86 D! |' B, {' ~0 z( E5 ]! K* L( s
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4 C8 t& k8 w3 r4 m+ [; bAnd 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.
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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.6 h7 ?: t0 U$ U; p' J" v
4 r( v. x$ {2 x+ j# C4 |+ MUpon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.7 P- @0 A9 E# o
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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, V [+ g' c# o! U" s# t2 T0 }
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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