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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
: D% k: `8 u( s' n8 I; }Touching words from the mouths of babes.# J/ C( F( a3 }* ^
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A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
* U- H4 t% e/ j) {2 P7 O( HThe 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.
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'+ U+ O- L. w' B) O7 D
Rebecca- age 89 C$ ^$ N" ^1 s3 [; s
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You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'7 ~: d+ `9 }" w9 d
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.'( f$ w( G5 V1 D! k) y* i7 q
Karl - age 5
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'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.'
~ \$ S8 }3 Q- r) }Terri - age 4
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' q3 H p- \8 ~% ]2 Z/ V/ v8 \( O'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.'' t2 v1 p0 i# o- y: ~
Danny - age 7' B% V# S; ~$ h
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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.
/ x) t& Y, ` \% }. iMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
/ _* m) A9 h: t: uEmily - age 8
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" @* @% [" F% {7 O- s& I1 R# g! C'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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% \ Q0 C) V. D& R7 t'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'- M+ j. r9 p1 \/ R& ^7 F
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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.'
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3 {$ w9 J- B6 m# \+ w/ R'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'/ G3 r1 u: }' R6 X1 v
Tommy - age 6
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; {* p: e: [. H4 [+ W8 q'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." r) U' u5 |, v! C4 k
( u8 O& g" Q( q1 fHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'5 e8 x e _, _5 q
Cindy - age 82 u8 R/ D1 A2 K% x
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" h6 c6 c; l% ~2 V. ~'My mommy loves me more than anybody+ Y6 h2 q; g+ T1 |& E
- I6 D1 |$ F- \ b# JYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
9 U$ \4 l8 f1 ^0 |# q+ rC lare - age 6
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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0 K0 E# F1 e% J2 t6 [5 y'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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* N4 C) t# j. b& l'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
& U) q9 q( v% jMary Ann - age 4
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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.'
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. a( J9 J4 v. ~- o'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
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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.'
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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2 B, l6 O# y6 S) h! i" s( nThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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9 O1 N2 w! z$ t" X+ G% {; dThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.% ?% `: w; _0 ]! p
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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., D8 u( @) F2 k1 f9 e
2 z* r$ [* V# EWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
, n& u; b4 P' H; i! Y'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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