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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
/ t3 S# I9 k9 m5 BTouching words from the mouths of babes.9 r1 q d& g! ~5 M
What does 'Love' mean?( s- a6 M: j" e6 z2 g3 l4 F
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'7 T7 [$ X! e" ?
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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8 s9 f$ d4 q' i/ z" g'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'5 f; q, L3 b8 M
Rebecca- age 8- W4 Q0 P; F8 P
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6 k2 G* [: k* X8 v0 e'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.# `5 A5 \' Y2 _' Z/ v! ]1 |
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.'0 i) Q1 o1 J9 i8 R9 l2 _. ]
Karl - age 50 I- e( V2 z M8 }7 I; ~. x+ O
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6 m3 ~1 ]5 b' [: T$ l1 L+ K'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.'* w) _) j, Y) q) Y5 Y$ y, Z& Q: M
Danny - age 7
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% ^( S- n* f! Z, `9 c'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.' a( o c( R" K# d" I$ X( I' Q9 ]
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'4 a/ l* b K* C6 f
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6 d* Y' L& w2 L4 ^. {) l; p/ q4 u'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
* Q& |# f6 \, h/ eBobby - age 7 (Wow!)& _- `7 W: [2 N; w1 n- }
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4 L+ ?, A0 c- y2 I'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'; L% c! O" M6 C" V, [6 u
/ O `7 W+ S& Y4 S; X: g1 l9 CNikka - age 6
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'" h1 }. X# `! Q4 A+ o8 F* R
Noelle - age 7
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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.'
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; |4 M/ q# _2 S'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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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'3 [: F2 g2 C9 k! q8 a+ E0 o
Cindy - age 8
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" M4 m! E+ ]9 B8 S5 g'My mommy loves me more than anybody( K; `& ?6 F& @, C! U# ^+ L
4 o, t# n7 W+ E2 wYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.') i: I6 y) \" j3 X8 L3 e$ ?) ]. I
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3 V+ r% @- v6 i$ f3 a/ j'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'. i2 |; S$ g* p5 Y0 |% Z5 F
Mary Ann - age 41 ?' \3 s& _4 ^- u# g, H _
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$ q, C2 s6 x8 _5 U% w" @1 C9 K'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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I& M* O7 D1 B'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)& R) ?% V; a5 w
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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.': i( j5 P1 J9 C( u
Jessica - age 87 [0 i0 g( h. H( b5 J" c3 S5 u
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.; O; ^/ E; b. w7 ]0 N
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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.* J2 |3 C+ k1 }, n
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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, J$ p+ A/ x- Z+ X
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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