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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.% V z8 I3 e+ \3 t" @
Touching words from the mouths of babes.
& h' s4 W& J% B( q7 Q+ @8 A# o$ FWhat does 'Love' mean?
6 P$ g% ]) r+ l2 mA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'$ n2 W. g: h3 U& y
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:& b* A: l) ]% v* u# e
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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.'8 M! V% h" m; v& a5 }
Rebecca- age 83 h1 P& C7 f, \6 b- j
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; b/ a. B4 I. s/ Z, e5 Y'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.! K& W. ?. G2 ]7 X
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'% [9 o* \9 m7 e( F3 C* d, d0 s$ L
Billy - age 4
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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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; J# a* X, c; s+ u B( E; C'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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) C! K6 u& }/ Z7 G, K+ M3 d'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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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.'2 Q) G9 T, E1 Z
Danny - age 7" o6 g G! l0 V6 J8 l
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+ E- @4 t/ [ E- c. A& e'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.% T8 ?; ^# h' S4 ^; l- q+ y6 T* I9 r
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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6 I" q& h) V$ f! ]( P'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'4 M9 s& y1 t( H1 B
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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1 d. U2 S. ^" @+ t8 t'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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Nikka - age 6% A5 ~' g3 G( Q! O8 B% S
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)1 S3 t$ N9 Y6 d7 k
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'" P# X9 h/ u% r2 t
Noelle - age 78 T+ `* `; j }# A3 r. v( U0 C9 b
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! h# J& j( J- m. Z'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'
5 Z) d2 P# B( eTommy - 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.
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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& ^. a5 [# o2 i- k+ V6 D
- m, ~# M" U4 ?6 g% TYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'8 L2 t R2 o- u8 x7 ^- D
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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5 d1 l% b) X, S5 U: _'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'# h# y/ g# \9 ^$ S4 _& V
C hris - age 7
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) v% K' _1 I' w0 H" d: c5 O5 c'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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( ]% _& R+ o: _+ T0 o7 B'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'7 g& I% A5 H* e8 t
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) b- J3 |, r7 h% C [4 `2 O* k'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)+ @7 ~4 Z. @- {* f$ F0 \
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.'
" D8 C1 {( _4 w& O ~/ z: v: OJessica - age 8* B) s5 s. j" \4 s
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; u! P( j6 R4 G$ J$ F6 L8 G! v! |And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.9 z* M+ Y8 a& V: H' N/ M$ {
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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- k# ~% e5 H5 T, q7 PThe 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.$ r: d- ^9 W3 j9 o1 D c3 I& Q( ]
3 h+ H* Y# u1 g dWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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