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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
8 h. z/ v' l& {8 G8 }) T( _Touching words from the mouths of babes.6 X. C, [2 `8 e L; N$ ~
What does 'Love' mean?
7 a) _1 W& l" }" ^A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
/ w1 |( V& b( T2 w7 h! kThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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$ C: J- s/ K6 ?) H: |; W'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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( _% h! F- W! fSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.', g: L0 E# T K8 |
Rebecca- age 86 Y" t% P5 x# v& F' d
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/ n$ \3 ?; `: x" c6 {5 y2 ^0 {'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
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Billy - age 4, K/ A: P* K8 L* g/ d- f5 M, {- x
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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.'
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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.'( U' t9 Y9 ^5 O$ i. y- B, e# o
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'; M7 l) |% l# w
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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.! U3 {/ K" v3 z: S( U2 X0 h
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'% m {6 T* E9 F3 S
Emily - age 8+ H/ R- [6 i8 g9 G) y+ J
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# `* ^9 j$ P4 G) y'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'' e8 O% }' c: @% J q3 f
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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8 a+ n8 g' @- P'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.'
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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.'
" C3 c4 m1 M( ]8 c5 r, Q4 vTommy - age 6. u3 c9 `: u8 c3 L3 N
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$ R: V' ^. h0 E6 U2 w+ n% 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.% s+ A' {9 z1 W# f
3 N* Y! J7 l) Z$ JHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
8 W6 `! K3 J4 iCindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
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& r3 v' b2 Q! _) q'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'8 `' ]$ Z* D$ V# L" C- A
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.'( t6 i1 {9 j! K
C hris - age 7
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' f% r& T, R2 y' n# R, d'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
/ M$ ]+ [; l. aMary Ann - age 4
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" F( _6 L8 t+ a5 Y2 }5 K'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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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
" \% x! s+ ?) g5 ZKaren - age 7
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" a8 X2 @4 B* o9 J3 j9 [4 ~( o b'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.'" S. G9 O' ?* j. |3 T* L" K$ b
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# r5 u; [+ f5 ?! j/ z8 S3 }And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.0 d. A/ c% i; d0 _1 ]. a' o
' h" m# S2 r& T1 uThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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. B' }. n9 Q( H% n3 f0 p& sThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.! S: @% W- p8 v. l5 o0 G. ]
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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.5 n3 @1 b% G- F& h# a
0 d- b8 D8 L( b/ s! a9 _When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said," y4 `" ?% p8 ~# [
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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