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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
; r% J( |* G6 S6 e( L- a+ mTouching words from the mouths of babes.% B! t9 F# _' q
What does 'Love' mean?- r) `7 Y0 m( ^- e, d3 j" A
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'6 c) y, Z' E* r8 d1 V
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:. n1 v5 n' n" v6 J" I+ t1 }
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# I* `* W; n* d4 n'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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; s6 ^+ Q8 m# x& b2 ?7 Y; FSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'7 s) {5 s( q9 @; Q
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; E' F- b# y4 Q0 s2 M2 {'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.0 b/ y2 L/ S- U7 O, w1 p9 C) s8 Q
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
C5 f$ I0 J2 {4 x2 YBilly - age 4% ^1 @* G( k* y0 K) l6 ]: W* e
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4 j- `% P. n& k' {2 s7 S0 C5 H# r0 Z'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'4 ~4 E- p {- c
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/ g" Z5 {6 @$ e5 K'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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2 J, p; H; Z- l) @'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'/ ^9 y; {9 o( Y. y/ h
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0 ?4 v7 H' t% ~ d6 J'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 x- d7 b6 _& h' I9 P& a0 B8 xDanny - age 7
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O4 J) q. a8 f3 u) D0 Q; q" 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.: Z! F, s0 ?& N, o" e
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
8 E& J9 w1 w5 p& _" h8 mEmily - age 8
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
( C& q/ u& G& rBobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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1 S: |0 Y) q3 m, ~- Q( z) m# N'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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! b8 N# j1 H1 ~8 y3 GNikka - age 6. x' T1 P9 f2 m7 k3 ]
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)) B9 w0 H% S; ]1 u( u" u
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2 a c5 N0 {. q- r. a'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.' X3 q$ J& R2 ~ F6 y
Noelle - age 7
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# V1 h1 {9 |( w* E+ v9 e) z5 m'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.'& U; p2 I1 g: U; a/ l
Cindy - age 8
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+ C" @6 m0 X0 Y'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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0 b5 O, W/ ~: Y3 S. J+ VYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.') N2 c1 H% L+ r5 v" n
C lare - age 6
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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/ z! i: n5 l) `8 [9 G5 s'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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, X# q- U5 |. R {+ k0 |'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.'9 ~" p0 i" @# W- J
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)
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# H( \% I) x- `5 e4 f'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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9 p( c! P" H" y! NAnd 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.5 X4 j/ x! p" Q
, O! j8 p4 ]3 Z: r/ e9 wThe 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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Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there." n& O$ b/ `' x' a% }/ e+ c
: i* C$ U! L [4 B- c9 @1 p7 S0 qWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,. t- J" r G1 H M7 E% u
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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