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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
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What does 'Love' mean?+ @2 u+ V9 C; f# @ q% z6 ]4 C
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'+ T3 D! M5 z9 D# I5 Y+ {9 Q
The 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.4 B7 T' f6 x7 N& ?8 e; L7 ^
8 s0 t3 k% Q) i1 P7 LSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'' t3 }1 a3 z. F% s3 v9 @. x/ q. l
Rebecca- age 8% z5 h S- s1 M, }- B# F9 Q
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& N2 d7 C9 X$ {4 P1 R; ]6 B'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
8 A% f! s. Y7 r( ^( G+ tYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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4 j9 P' N% k/ C3 T3 Y'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'7 z3 [- k+ U# t5 i
Karl - age 50 r% A! [, J* N1 ]7 \( D& b3 }7 c
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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.', h1 ]& b) G( Q3 {% O. s
C hrissy - age 6
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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( o1 }! m2 x! L7 c'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.'
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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.8 M( N" J Z( ?/ M! h+ P
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'" ~. P" B1 B& ?
Emily - age 8
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: k8 e7 I; V; |- K' C'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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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)0 b* X! A7 Z* D$ I3 L
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
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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.'
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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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* q6 b- h8 t/ r& J9 [! v5 y'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'; q; y& V* ]7 |2 W7 W- }% V
C lare - age 6
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, j+ X& ^: U7 h6 F% n, Y'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.') _* i. u# z8 s: |2 A) Q7 w
C hris - age 7
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S! H: a1 C& f. ]& d9 i3 B'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'& G) D" z1 y; P! {' V$ {3 x* i
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7 D) u& m8 l7 `( H'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'' R9 `, D9 t. _
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)
. n0 d! s# X4 tKaren - age 7
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0 Y# D. C- |* Q, F- W5 M3 E8 E'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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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.# v* S( v: w3 k8 s; h
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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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" w: U: _, h% Z, c! w o, CUpon 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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: @# ]4 H7 V! o5 \When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,9 v. ^" V' n1 L. h+ a7 Q: x0 N( g3 r
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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