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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
3 t$ M% e5 t O1 K/ B/ x* @Touching words from the mouths of babes.8 g! i6 t; b, |4 J& B
What does 'Love' mean?3 F; t" i+ Z+ `8 b* ]
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'2 }7 O a9 H6 L# A3 Q$ }- s: E9 _9 S# h
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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' Y5 k E v: _+ J7 l- _'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.# e, R4 J2 x2 d8 ]/ H' C
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
/ v* @6 _: c' I: W: G4 p9 qRebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
6 f6 F& O/ k! b$ B) KYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'0 R4 i1 f' V$ Y$ C# h8 [) |" x
Billy - age 4. o" G0 l1 C& r; U+ f4 R7 r
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: b5 P y/ a. O( _# M'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
: N5 b) V+ l5 d8 x- zKarl - 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.'
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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.'
9 V, Z7 {0 w% {- b5 O8 TDanny - 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.
W1 [; ]. g5 t- s) X6 X6 @$ x/ ?2 WMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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, P$ k0 D {- Y- f'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'! h2 `) P" f1 q: [0 x- p2 k3 l& o
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)' ~' v) f4 ?) x' n$ @
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n' f, ~+ i: Y& N* _'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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& A9 ^2 c$ l# r, r5 R) z- m9 z; nNikka - age 6, \ p! o" ~' z5 G
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)+ [. `1 F" Q: {/ z7 V
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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.'1 [1 H1 C: t4 }, B0 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.& W; `, t, }7 f$ b/ E
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody) f: a% D& B$ |$ K5 A$ P# c" f
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'5 C% b6 j# h, p# |
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.': j* q" S( Q( ~
C hris - age 7
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! E0 F) z3 @- h& q'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'- F5 O5 t9 ~& P
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3 ~9 s, ?7 D0 @: R8 E( @'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'4 H. j) ~9 `: v& X! y/ I: M
Lauren - age 4. ~7 i; f8 C8 z+ ^3 h% t' M
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) l6 f1 J" F! z% D# [- q'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)8 O7 W8 ]9 q1 r# X7 W! I
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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.'/ x( o2 D5 y" S+ V0 K/ B
Jessica - age 8& Y9 s& S4 U4 D% \2 V( o
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.2 v$ x/ U: f0 @4 i. i
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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.% j! ^% a7 C, ?8 Z6 l+ ]) Z0 G
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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.3 }4 p+ Q; ]2 O C' m0 L
' B7 M+ A( v7 Q$ F& z0 sWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
5 V% H) ^: p2 ~/ T' I'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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