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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
+ R; C3 K3 F! S6 GTouching words from the mouths of babes.+ F# Q' v4 ^- z. F
What does 'Love' mean?
Z4 `. I' v p5 tA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
0 C# o8 G- y* f9 @# uThe 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.9 r; P; K3 b5 j- m" O+ z8 p% |3 Y
: I: M6 P, {2 ]+ V: K! ASo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'4 C1 D) k) T; U& {
Rebecca- age 8. B4 X5 e& M; A" |8 Q( Z, S
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7 y" Q G7 X4 v: o9 J+ K+ c: D'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
# S) ]% Q# ?2 ]$ n8 ], R* T" r kYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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7 P# V! C! L y5 K; @3 I'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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4 v2 W2 U \- w5 n0 I'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.': M4 V& s. ]" _% c: G9 ~& f2 K
C hrissy - age 68 A5 g$ H- P! i7 F: j
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/ C Y& M' k5 [; K& {% |'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
. m3 V% {$ y" R: B1 LTerri - age 4
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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.'$ S0 ^" v0 {3 L% w- |
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.
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'! h# R9 Q+ I( O% C1 z1 m, _
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)# U& U5 u" d! t( @- y8 X
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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.'' z" b; q. U( v ~9 M) z
Noelle - age 7
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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.'& s% e! [+ n# o* Q1 N( J
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! C* ]5 L) e1 q8 h8 ['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.: t5 j+ H1 e. G& F) w* q# a; m5 Z! W
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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2 x+ ^* a9 O; l# g9 G) ] G" D'My mommy loves me more than anybody. y- o7 V/ h/ r1 d
0 u( I) R" B% e5 s# E6 sYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'% j( n- f0 A2 ?+ B9 H% ?" a
C lare - age 6
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5 h3 C: k& B# o* n'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'* w: k5 Y( g) N# e/ N' ~/ @
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f9 X2 C8 p! s& u; g'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.' m( ^# d5 g* k5 }) ~- w+ t
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$ s! m' U/ U; z P9 t. u+ u'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.'5 ?$ _( _) ?1 }# `2 v
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)( N+ K1 e' B" T
Karen - age 7
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" W- Z" T* q, y1 [ T9 D% Z4 M. H'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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; Z1 K+ Y' y- p6 B7 ]And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge./ l3 A! F3 s9 B
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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$ c6 w8 F7 C# i2 hThe 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.
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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,0 k. E3 l" R! P0 |3 a
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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