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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
4 C6 m7 Q1 A3 J2 A) l' m8 B( zTouching words from the mouths of babes.
A1 Y9 N, Q9 |; Z" Z. H. z, mWhat does 'Love' mean?
! H9 f' h6 f9 c* m# F1 bA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
6 V$ T8 I- \/ h% Z& eThe 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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4 K2 l" C0 t( v/ KSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'; g- |* A( M/ I
Rebecca- age 8+ H; Z( ]3 B K0 ]
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.& }3 y3 |3 T/ G5 e: W/ g# d8 K
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.'5 r# R3 [$ k: f C$ v
Karl - age 5
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1 q" H* L3 g2 W$ i4 V, H'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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f- a4 U8 @# x' C4 C/ j: n'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'5 [& r* j+ T; Y' \
Terri - age 4& X. t8 J; U: x' r( {
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1 S/ ? d7 g9 r, G'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 E) a6 C4 c H9 `. P* Y, `" H
Danny - 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.8 M; S& i( w) H8 }- e
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
1 ^5 u8 c( H- A) H0 \* h" r' uEmily - age 8- s- r8 n6 a$ Q. M+ Q7 _
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.': e+ T( q$ b) r
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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7 I# H: r; t; P" d, q! o( b% E'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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4 x% v$ d9 B+ L, Q- T& [Nikka - age 6
1 y/ k% y* H4 i, K1 l3 q(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)! ~% j O c, {4 Y
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'8 Z0 R) H' [8 |6 E5 f* ^( ~/ Q7 e: I
Noelle - age 70 ]( @6 O5 b! u- Q4 i' v
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) U+ Z1 b2 _" @7 ?; Q2 ^'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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6 x& N/ E7 M% I7 E4 N7 |0 c, pHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'/ i+ ?3 m' E! X% G9 w `* c
Cindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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'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.'
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8 y9 m% I$ Q% g2 E. ^& S'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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. g; h# _" k5 u% Z3 j'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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, W, X$ v* m. E'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image) V2 }* `# h6 s; C/ R' c' j% S
Karen - age 7
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9 O5 L& I6 X& t0 D7 n9 k A# I% ]'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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/ {/ C* a; F/ Q% J* S9 C: p( pAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.* V) [! D) A& s5 q. _
9 `2 [1 n& m8 }# FThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.0 F* y. w+ m1 b
! U) Y" L8 [, F b7 [$ LThe 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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Upon 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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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,; ^/ Y; v: [3 T' E1 e
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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