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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
2 M4 D! \2 u+ g) fTouching words from the mouths of babes.9 V/ x# H/ l$ k
What does 'Love' mean?: T/ t) Z/ i* K! a' z
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'! P- t9 Q. Z5 M4 A) |1 H
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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* E; z( M$ g# f! Z1 M- M' u4 |'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.2 N; h% I1 B3 X1 ?& F& V
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
9 @* a; @( g5 i3 Q4 Y/ h. s/ [1 [Rebecca- age 86 ?* A* f( V X0 G2 u1 {' c
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* g. V4 a+ X; K/ F3 y: p4 Q# C'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
- m0 v3 V# b5 [. e. G7 UYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
2 W/ z0 a) ]9 ]! j" [8 DBilly - age 4
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( U: X1 d( p2 K7 z5 k- _: f'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'! B( Q' w2 O8 f% M2 |
Karl - age 5
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+ C# ^* i5 u4 @1 W: x _'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'- n: }6 g* ^3 ], r9 ~
C hrissy - age 6. O- ^$ @* A. c. G/ ~ Y
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3 f2 V" H* p u8 @7 Q* _, I1 i R p'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'0 _/ v$ F% W) Y) j3 r. t6 J3 ~8 Z
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" v, k5 E2 ~. ^'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.- n# G* X! k& ?' E- D. C$ ?
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'9 N' u. p) {4 ]0 n+ L2 {) q
Emily - age 8
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'4 m }" @3 \: s( K4 l1 m4 N* E* \
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Nikka - age 6
2 v+ m9 M. d$ h b9 g(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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7 [+ ^& N" u* @# s2 d7 C'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.'4 V& c+ ^' O, _2 C8 ~: h; |" f
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: s8 a/ w+ L/ _" ^7 t'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.'8 t @5 E. T0 Z% t' J, S1 U" W
Cindy - 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.'+ p" k" x+ _* R1 x5 U9 Y
C lare - age 6
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/ Y: X. d2 `% n7 }. b9 b" z+ J'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.') [: R& R& W& Z" U
Elaine-age 5, |: ]* [& b) F3 X, V, e
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t. g. \) G. N$ t'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'0 ~/ \/ G( ^3 q
C hris - age 7
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
. z& V: t2 O1 UMary Ann - age 4
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% B& x! U' t2 w ?$ j3 x) d'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'# |9 I- W' `) f/ H4 H! H' \
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6 g$ D! G D1 I3 A8 e$ U) b'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
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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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! N9 q; ] \0 h* D, pAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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8 e1 W% v/ P7 y @' G" ?: Y1 D: GThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.* }) u7 {/ O: t+ f d: ^& d
9 I3 p2 w! p% \3 u; S. n9 cThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.2 z& `- W* e4 ~: J- E
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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,
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