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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
4 f- ]4 D& Z& h; @ D' d" \& \# cTouching words from the mouths of babes.% {1 s$ w# Z* S# h8 ]4 b+ I
What does 'Love' mean?
" t) k' ~4 t2 \- fA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
+ s0 j. t' e; u1 |5 y+ xThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:, U6 D4 I" O6 W8 s1 P" d3 ?, E
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& _+ F5 @5 g: H* ^$ V'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.'
3 X E: x9 [8 R) m' {$ SRebecca- age 89 @# }% B5 Z, L: T: o5 @5 l
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0 B7 K8 R4 u/ X' J9 Q& y, z'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
6 m. x. U% S8 L v" D( xYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
# W( X+ E" \( _) lBilly - age 4) z: f! }$ @, y; {
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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.'$ Q1 o/ L$ j9 ~. T& U/ D
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5 J \0 M, L. U1 b5 U- u& {" S) y8 H'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'% h: _1 T& O2 u; ]' z
C hrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
8 W* d) S0 T8 t* z+ zTerri - 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.2 [* U* o6 \6 M8 J# v
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'5 ~, C S3 y u! U* n q+ _' B
Emily - age 85 t( O6 V! a* b$ W* H# c
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9 H. o! m Z {( i# l/ G9 R! z4 g7 v! j'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
4 m" ^" c4 m- g/ _Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)0 q8 ]% G6 l5 Z8 T& \" n
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$ ^" M: N2 d4 S6 y, ~'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.'; T I! l2 v% R( T7 X
Noelle - age 75 _* O, K# M D* j% A
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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.'4 Z! e% E, g8 F
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& a S O4 o9 m) u( Y7 C+ B'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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. n+ e5 y$ R& f; @: LHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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5 j- J3 ~- D+ U; ^$ B. {You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'1 w. K' `0 E* \6 Y0 M2 B& J7 l
C lare - age 6
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2 t& ~! w+ y/ E7 q/ {. x% i `9 J: b'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
' H5 F: c0 m) l. k3 vElaine-age 5. t: m) |7 F6 i3 L, K! a) Z
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' J- D. d F6 f$ j( k! t+ N'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'! x j$ H' P4 S& I. S6 V
C hris - age 7
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; @( ^- U& A9 u$ O' \'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day') y3 s# ?7 w6 c5 {0 C- C
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.'
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+ j1 j( a% i- X$ d+ y7 Q'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)+ ^$ o: q, t8 [- K2 _, a
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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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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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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.& D+ S7 I0 C9 `9 Z/ V0 v" R, z! c2 M
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Upon 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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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,3 Y7 s$ {0 @3 H+ I0 T
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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