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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
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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?'" I# T8 L# v- o( l$ L; v
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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# h0 E% C$ u9 F( f; T'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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0 d; K. Y# z3 R5 M! ]% @% GSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
' Z' _+ v7 A+ O4 q- G9 WRebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
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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.'6 e1 w# v0 `1 {
Karl - age 5
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0 W% B5 H; S+ r) }+ b4 p/ T- ?1 Q'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.'. d- L/ Z2 c4 k; `- ^ {
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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.'
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5 n4 i, k: y' A( g, v'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.
* Y+ O8 t/ W: e! N/ y! GMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
6 L. |/ ~# U! |1 i" s# V- rEmily - age 8
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x8 `3 a" _5 G% {& u'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,': G% i8 @6 O$ H6 C7 P7 c- {" g
) G9 t! h5 a( y/ g, Y! W8 D& ]Nikka - age 6& k. t# g# }, ^+ x; }0 x
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)' C q% x0 W8 ]1 w6 G' z
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0 }+ R+ j, a) s" I'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'5 V2 J; x8 i5 w' s& V7 }
Noelle - age 7
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8 u5 L# ^4 W( D! t& A! R4 B'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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+ Z, k5 x) }$ B( q8 \+ 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.8 v! p. u! T) |/ b
3 @1 `" j( M2 I0 zHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody2 h$ g. [ A# R; l5 E
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'/ g# K2 @# t6 g) o( d$ Y3 \7 P1 ~
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- a+ y& u: L& l5 `: L; ~'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
( f: g6 ?! m3 z$ r& w9 XElaine-age 5
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. P& r* a8 z4 u; `% ['Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
S! A7 m. p8 h! V3 ^; o/ OC hris - age 7
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'( i; O7 W J- B2 C, x! N
Mary 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.'7 h0 Y* N: W! k: I' q9 W
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)
/ S8 E: U. W/ w6 Y9 A4 dKaren - age 7
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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.'' z- F4 O$ ]! E+ x
Jessica - age 8
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+ s- z5 h9 M5 _' d$ L1 ^And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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- y7 [/ {# p- ]/ r0 V+ BThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.. I# G( D$ S; J Y: l6 V
/ E9 c; n- r& N& u: LThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.* H9 i/ n* A/ l# U: t
w% d9 s5 @7 k4 ^' l1 U: Y. bUpon 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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* G3 _% Y) v: d$ ?- k4 Q! Z, MWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,3 M( d# u% G2 @" U
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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