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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
5 {$ [: _) Z0 rTouching words from the mouths of babes.
0 v3 }/ @+ G" b& c9 |What does 'Love' mean?* f$ C0 Z% Y/ j
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
& H% N; {6 l3 }, R3 [# CThe 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.
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'; e& g$ w3 x3 u
Rebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.5 g- H3 G( E2 b) z, A) f! M
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'0 j+ d- p9 A4 Q( J- y% \" L
Billy - age 49 }* l- g5 j+ k' u$ `
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1 l9 }$ h0 Y% M7 ?8 }- B. G$ ~0 e'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'- `9 f) o9 g: T v# `
Karl - age 5
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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.'/ J0 h; M) U1 \% d: {; ~
C hrissy - age 6$ n; n/ _ V- h9 \, }; M5 t! T
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0 y. }" n' y+ o/ {5 S" S/ Z; |'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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7 Q' O9 B, S! H/ o! u'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.'
9 P; B5 T! ]2 |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.
! x0 y1 H8 K8 Z5 t. lMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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1 z+ f1 |( B- v'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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' ]$ S7 F) w& S. c/ @- G'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'' x! b! ~5 a' @ s; @" c% ^$ w. S
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Nikka - age 6
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" F( V0 Y$ h% E. K& c: m6 w: \'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'% f! s8 _. b' z1 L) @
Noelle - age 7 u9 g" ], P" r
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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.' P9 `8 X; L. L: t- I: H6 \1 j3 G
Tommy - age 6
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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.& o- T# E! i4 p
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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 n' F# g5 V ?9 ^) o$ s7 f8 `
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
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5 y+ {5 b( \( [8 ]'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'% Z! Z" F) j. `: N
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 @$ H1 i$ n! k5 V& P
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
& k, x; ~4 i* k. o4 J% d/ n" O3 VMary Ann - age 4
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' n5 E# W! y$ L, L$ g'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'. U, n. \' Q# G8 J7 \8 w) U
Lauren - age 42 {# X6 c4 C% l) _
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& f/ I2 N2 u; e: m'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image) k# H; G) V3 k3 Q- g% y% _/ F1 j
Karen - age 7* l `( S* h/ }5 u; H
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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.'- ?$ J7 f. v0 R) G; { y+ q$ g
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.5 G- _4 M& ?) X/ E3 b1 Z
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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0 k: e7 c) q6 t: O5 b" |: gThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife./ V/ l- R, k- ]2 d# n
3 o5 m, O m8 rUpon 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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0 V7 i# F( M( N8 ~" qWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,- p( d8 s( O$ i9 H; ]( E# ~
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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