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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
C" h8 ?8 K4 {& K: W5 \! n6 @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?') p9 p. B$ t! J+ j5 O( O
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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# F4 E9 m( H. l) U4 d& b5 I6 j' {3 V'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.3 Z# Z+ x! z, x7 X
5 x5 Z3 h' ^' D _6 pSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'4 K9 n3 _; c' b+ C
Rebecca- age 8# T( L% o- x% c
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
' D* h" R% n# z7 `* y3 g1 `You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'$ G: N7 F7 H9 s: U
Billy - age 4
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$ s( @5 o- [! |% x, J'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
) V; ]2 x* _+ i' ]4 I$ B# ~5 b0 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.', m9 g6 H1 M/ U4 b4 x# _
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/ d9 m @! t! j1 A' X: b'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.'5 g- K- F% w! z
Danny - age 7
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4 `8 g, {4 d2 N9 _, N. Q'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.$ U! F" G5 Y( W9 s
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
5 a7 n- s4 r9 {9 v' W9 n4 f0 xEmily - age 8, M% e" l. \$ `- r6 l
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: E r* p9 p' W'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'9 E# E9 Y6 M% w+ t5 N5 P
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)% n [9 l; f+ |, w2 A: }& Q
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,': }- |0 R0 z$ r, `: S3 o' K! h
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(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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# f0 @* f/ p w. T8 D'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.'7 t. }/ R" a. r& g
Tommy - age 6# ^: |7 y) A' |
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& w$ `* K" H W) K6 {'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.7 `; V2 p" A% i, ]4 ^" p
9 C2 l6 C$ v8 {6 ~+ |% YHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'$ G, _* ]/ ]. V8 h
Cindy - age 8- Q/ a( _4 }, I# S" [3 V G
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+ x0 x% N+ b' Y g' v; e'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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5 w' U v: s% d" {) c! x/ [# hYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'4 o1 E2 I) L7 X+ k4 X
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'+ z6 y9 Q% z2 a4 N* e" }' Z, ?
Elaine-age 5) B6 G# P+ W0 T) u" W
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'% l' J' g+ x2 y1 W9 @4 q" y" c) A
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$ d1 L# m" _9 r9 @'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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- T2 |' D; O: N'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'5 i. I/ b4 [" O' G) ~
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
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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.'* R, j* I' x0 O Q* c( W J: K' Q
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, T- ]; @' C5 x7 b( l* FAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.1 `2 P+ g9 o# F- v, {
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.) X0 w( `" N6 T+ |, d1 ^
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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.+ y/ z8 u) E/ X9 a) d4 Z
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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./ f t2 T$ s' ]" `( b6 x% s
& B6 A, {% |$ A$ Q5 d6 eWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,: ^4 \2 |" Y2 {
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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