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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
$ W* m" w5 ^ A1 R" HTouching words from the mouths of babes.% @/ P; O8 i% E3 V1 N& @
What does 'Love' mean?/ O' B9 ^2 A0 F
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
' N p* S6 o4 L8 X c' EThe 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.+ [0 P: {' V& Q4 ? F
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'# Q$ C) M9 ~' @; ^" N3 B `: R
Rebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.& m* [- F1 j3 n# J
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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d1 s* j0 c; r) L; A/ u4 ?9 C7 Q( ~'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'# `$ m) `# u$ H! n2 O
Karl - age 5
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- q" p+ V* v# x. `) \" e2 a% E+ 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.' @/ x( _4 F' M, W6 l) l
C hrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'! b" R- P4 y( r* G; A5 }9 R
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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.'" A0 J$ x( A) |! f) q4 D
Danny - age 7
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2 @2 }$ D$ n# B) y2 L" D* p2 f8 A% 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.
9 U$ y8 b, o+ [My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'7 V7 k5 I: O( C
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'/ N0 b: [# g# P& a
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'1 ?9 {/ N+ S8 x& ?! t' N# v
1 ?! w8 H% p5 nNikka - age 6
$ o9 u+ L3 l6 g- T3 V$ S4 \3 q& _(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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- j7 ?. c' p- P2 K5 X) w- k'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'0 L; }3 ?. V3 r1 Z
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. u& M9 }; T0 d: P: r4 T% P'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'7 p/ o& F+ F* I( L ~' |6 o
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.
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody3 F9 l$ R# n" O: m4 F4 U5 \' U
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'1 n% E5 a% d R9 g# o) d1 q
C lare - age 6
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+ `- ]8 M( Q$ O5 w! A @& k. @'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'0 j: m% g: F) V0 v- 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.'
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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9 A# X" o0 V! M8 p6 p'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'# C4 c5 P8 a" g8 z( ?
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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) x: i: s9 p, P, q'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.'7 _6 K; Q. }( O4 Y; N+ R2 c/ j
Jessica - age 8
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* T$ i$ @* p, c0 v! G2 mAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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$ R# q- F- D4 G% A+ ~7 S- h8 hThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.+ L0 C) J& `) T- }. K8 {" d! ]
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The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.% r L9 O+ ]9 Z* `* L+ D5 t! R
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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 h6 m1 y" u2 ~) x: c
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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