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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
, a) X4 Z" R. i/ y* yTouching words from the mouths of babes.. |' a6 Q* E! k7 m6 W4 L
What does 'Love' mean?
* p! }. [; K! A! k3 \ q; lA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
# O' |1 J, A2 u7 Z* i& P! J5 y+ DThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:( G- b, c& {0 n, s4 z- w5 W
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'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.( |- y8 b: ?5 b, l; L* g
6 P( ^; K) D m. tSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'6 h) ] Y" U Q" i2 U# m
Rebecca- age 8
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You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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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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6 v5 h$ A2 K7 }. L'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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'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.'+ `% ~0 C6 I' F, y- J
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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.
' `: C7 s6 f, @1 {# N) KMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'/ j$ V, b3 G/ T. P" T
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# O2 r. Z; [( s6 ^% V8 Q6 \+ }'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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( K1 q" f! O8 I/ c1 H4 t. ~# ['If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'& X2 ?: |5 d- T6 E" \* d9 u
; z. T, ] n; M2 b! tNikka - age 6
7 @9 L- I! ?( r' O(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.'; a/ R% O. l/ E/ ?$ O- K1 a
Noelle - age 7
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0 M! @( g; z# y# t9 \, w( V8 J'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'; h0 h. g1 z% O5 i
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.' N( A" @- Z8 F$ f. L
; q0 c" |( N5 T* a$ lHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'6 K7 N* z3 P: y) s2 W3 W7 F' R
Cindy - age 84 g' h# o) B0 p* @' N' a/ @4 N
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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( `+ n& E: F; N* [9 mYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
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# W, n+ G" {5 D& f; E$ v'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'& n5 b( T: A! O" E& w3 V- d7 F( C% n# t2 I
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( r- Z7 _) i e'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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5 `$ W! U. s& P/ l# Z'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'6 w; v5 C5 n' @6 G: O6 C |6 w6 R
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' ~# s- z8 I, ]) U+ A( L& f K- f'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)1 p% g! r# S/ J: X% @$ k- Q
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.'4 y, s" D0 x( u6 L" e( P
Jessica - age 8
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, d% I! ^# q6 ^0 n- j1 A& ^! B. _And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.# n8 H( ~; o& u% d: I: P* H9 B
9 T/ C, V" `. o/ qThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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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.
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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
* U( W8 q, t$ w. C" B; v8 Q. Z8 e d4 Y'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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