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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
% w, m3 |6 L4 Y. K5 ETouching words from the mouths of babes.4 a3 c* Q9 I, A0 a/ O3 g
What does 'Love' mean?
- P: s1 }: \ C0 F2 M1 f8 m6 ^A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?': i% Q1 J, C' y+ B* V
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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) Q, n$ B- p0 f5 G! B& m A'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 K8 s6 N; _3 n9 c# v% jRebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
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Billy - age 4
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+ ` A9 \7 }/ N) u. j" @'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'/ w7 J' b4 v+ g
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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.'( t% Q- f( U- Y
Terri - 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.'" i' W7 W, b) {' j
Danny - age 7
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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.. f7 A4 U% G) Z% A& W
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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9 V- Z/ {/ W- A4 M) y'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,'
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3 q" U" }. O5 u! V0 N: RNikka - age 6
% L3 y/ n7 l$ y(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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! [) n7 p5 o% {5 ]6 I2 `8 `' s'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
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6 |7 ]$ ^- B( `0 J'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'3 W u( f5 q- t# ^$ ?
Tommy - age 69 ]2 o; {6 S+ B4 t( d; u# G
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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.. O6 g3 @) [3 t9 M' P
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) ~" |5 N+ D, O$ ]/ q6 H/ U'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.') Y! t; f) Z0 g1 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.'4 P9 d. q7 L( z% k) A: G% A
C hris - age 7
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Mary Ann - age 4
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% @. \) c5 _# j0 M+ g4 O5 u'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'! K3 L- h! w4 q1 `
Lauren - age 4
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)$ e, @5 ?* X4 `0 X. {* u
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7 S) x% o% _% ZAnd 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.
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, s4 W7 E& [5 pUpon 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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A& }6 U) f! N7 ^When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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