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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
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7 Q! \/ {8 l3 f* } G' wA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'7 m; V$ ~ n; v! N* I
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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/ A6 K6 F0 V4 d l% Q'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.% F9 ]8 x: S4 ~* U+ `
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
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; {8 g8 G/ A0 |4 D( g! {'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.8 m4 _+ R0 ~& B* f% Z: I0 }( @
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.'0 y* @2 S3 ^8 @
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4 u( }% L% K$ E( \0 c0 e" K7 D'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 R5 E d/ ^3 h" ]
Terri - age 4
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) j$ S5 p: {; s; s) n6 a4 t'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.'2 f4 @0 u r( ]# r; @( J
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! c, J- C7 j2 i6 j, X M4 A6 O'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.! _, |3 V2 w" d- e7 G
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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6 c% w" ]/ K6 o+ Q8 A'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'5 @' j* N5 t: }) X" b8 k, Y& ~* Q
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)& v a0 z- c8 m a7 Z" S
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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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Nikka - age 6
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* H6 l/ w/ F, h, S2 Y'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
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9 s8 c# Q$ L$ [/ ?8 _- @, w7 C'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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/ f4 u( o. y. k; M5 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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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody: J, f/ V; `1 { t0 a4 e0 J! z
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
( d+ W4 E$ {- e+ TC lare - age 6
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D# _0 T T+ Z2 n'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
& O9 f" F% P2 c( R1 T! Y4 z$ _) JElaine-age 5
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3 i: ]1 I( O& }# u# k'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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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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'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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And 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.' t3 g4 ?) F/ ~% H+ c
! D [3 }6 x6 V# cThe 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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+ O2 f6 m9 b. YUpon 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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. ^ Z7 j/ }+ [2 r! G! |When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,# b3 ? P G5 ]4 ]' I
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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