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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.$ [( u' S; g! A' Q, S: [) q% t; A
Touching words from the mouths of babes.
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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?'
1 s- P B: ?) p1 kThe 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.: o+ f$ J2 o x# d- ]; x# ]& E/ Q
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.', t3 {3 x9 s3 x
Rebecca- age 8* ^1 L/ X/ h: d; y
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q- ^5 t! d* N4 j: i2 a4 V'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
3 T! k7 C' v4 ]/ V6 o: bYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'+ W- Z6 A3 L) R: m3 j8 a
Billy - age 45 w: v; @" J/ J4 ]. K% m: \" }
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8 z* _/ T8 h z% p6 y$ E, L+ u# C8 t, k'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'! y9 r R! D3 \' X& g8 } p
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.'/ d$ {& j' @+ R, D- K; I% k
C hrissy - age 6% s1 T9 D. \( d3 H9 A5 j) {
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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3 ~, H0 t. J8 o0 H'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.'1 L U( ]% s; t }& b2 V0 {2 T' c+ L
Danny - age 73 ]5 R0 a. M7 M- a! a1 q" T8 w
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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.) D3 Q O% `5 ?/ y" n2 g
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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) n- c( a7 j9 Z'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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8 i& h8 @8 m% O# E" ?8 c'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'" ~8 m) R% g* o. i8 i
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Nikka - age 6
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( G( b1 b# K) o+ V' Z1 V'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'2 c0 C6 o' f4 c
Noelle - age 7
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/ }# e* L; n, j4 h# n'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.% I5 V% F1 d( M, ?
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'5 y8 ?3 l' {. N
Cindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody& o9 t# B# r. d( Z0 E
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
; j5 P' F7 S) qC lare - age 6
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7 [" a1 c) {$ C( j+ T+ v4 J'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'9 Z6 {4 e8 i& N0 Z2 o; q
C hris - age 7
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- a; j) u$ z! |; p9 e# H'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day', G0 {* t0 x$ f0 f
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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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+ _ N) g( X. @7 e! N0 U: |'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)! w& o5 e- r! ?9 y+ e
Karen - age 7+ C7 B! w% Q, {' E: }: u3 E! O
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1 V0 Y' x% w7 A2 }; b5 P/ L'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 u' O0 t( @' q
Jessica - age 8$ }- H k, o3 C$ E/ s! I& M" L- f
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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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( I; w0 _& z( R! Y) e) @% N+ y+ S* J OThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child./ B# r( R- ~) Y
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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,
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