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Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.& H/ R7 g# u2 K- B+ G
Touching words from the mouths of babes.
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; F" p% y& D2 x6 T* dA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
( B& s! o% B4 h' M9 DThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.- t: L% w7 z# x5 ^
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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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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different." d) n$ y# x2 c
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.'
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( z( E& C8 S1 q" H, b'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'! I. G D$ t) F) |7 X. J9 T
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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# I& l7 v6 u5 H" C1 ?' C'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.' V" @ {- m' W6 x" o/ l
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'! {* c. {2 F+ {% T5 h& V
Emily - age 8
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( _! d) b1 W5 o# q- d'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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(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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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.'
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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.
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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
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'1 r% N8 U2 u$ R) f1 I
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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/ u% j' i! ^: }6 I- U2 i3 p* l'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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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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a |/ ^: C! B3 B'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)% J3 G+ Y. m/ Z9 H) f
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. K# F i% u& V. A1 X8 F0 E'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.'% Y- F5 U: L& H# E! f% a8 h
Jessica - age 8
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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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: x- l9 @( X, U' iThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.& h' [" L4 c4 i& P9 J
' j4 X3 p- m) J0 P! B" I4 dThe 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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# e9 s7 J- F. U3 W1 hUpon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there., u6 ]3 k0 v# s3 q
6 F1 w, W# v8 gWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,9 v1 r8 x( A8 N$ a; k' F: u2 t) u
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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