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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
8 e# ^+ q' W g& a- Q$ {9 KTouching words from the mouths of babes.
; A1 O, U3 {# Z1 r9 F6 vWhat does 'Love' mean?5 x3 D/ _! f k$ x& q! z' F
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
/ d7 k% X8 e8 YThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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, C) K. T, k! E3 Y W; k'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.! G% \9 m7 M6 ?/ t
# V5 O8 Y2 u! ~1 Z2 M* v* N* A1 p* R$ kSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
# m4 t# p1 P+ g7 s9 DRebecca- age 84 Y q3 Z% f2 s o3 }" v7 G% M) e
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.' V- }! T! R% V r: `
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'. e7 v$ G. F: i+ d
Billy - age 4/ S/ D+ Z$ M/ b. c4 r D
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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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'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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; P7 R( q8 B3 D& e4 q* l'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'2 W& L7 [/ m6 g$ g
Terri - age 47 I( S$ ^0 T8 U& O+ y( ?! u; ^7 @
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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.'* }! G; N7 w/ b( I& @9 M3 h
Danny - age 7
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! P* b X5 Z4 r/ }- Y& d! ~' u B'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.9 H" Y- J% w b+ e+ C
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'2 a$ h) W1 h/ Z2 L5 x
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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0 V9 } f L) a8 l'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,', a2 F& t( o; S! m% u- A
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(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)8 q6 U6 I9 a4 y) d. k3 Q
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'7 n" o+ U3 b; q- t
Noelle - age 71 Y3 v" ]5 Z: X8 W2 R% P5 p
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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.'; V# l( d- d4 @. Z s, Z+ h2 V
Tommy - age 6
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: E& z3 ]. x( t: E& [$ T o4 m1 V# V2 R'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., q1 c/ v! t$ `7 _) l& F/ X; Q
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'0 p( u) k# o5 O* a A
Cindy - age 85 d! X$ n5 X/ G$ }; Y% c. z4 ]' B' S
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* p0 o0 }7 r& \2 |'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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' E5 a% e; ?0 l( bYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'6 n7 Q. o# e7 c+ S+ o. ]# X
C lare - age 6
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$ j4 s" M+ |' w: n( g* s" o'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'7 N: }6 g+ r) ?9 ]
Elaine-age 54 P! |5 Y* _, z0 i, D, J, P
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'2 s3 ~7 z$ x0 Z
C hris - age 7
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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k$ C- l+ ~. |3 a- S: d& I5 e'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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. ?; R& m: X- E'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image). Z7 \" @ W0 s. j
Karen - age 7
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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.( c$ F9 ?" k3 L
; w' J- x: r( P! J0 kThe 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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1 A/ w- r: f% I) B% h5 h' l' O- GUpon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.; e6 _ d+ x" U7 K. V
. h0 k- X+ x7 s" xWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
! F8 y6 n( A# S5 k+ W _1 b& @- V$ _'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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