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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.& A8 n/ D4 I- {. k
Touching words from the mouths of babes.
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" S8 T! Q; h$ C3 P$ FA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
~$ e( c; p) k4 [' t; yThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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6 c( F+ P' T' r8 ]+ R' P5 z) g* T'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.'7 o5 G4 P6 T7 x- w
Rebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
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Billy - age 4/ j4 h3 H; z/ f5 k0 d# y: P- a
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; q- B% e$ d; w. D4 [& {'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'7 K6 W9 {& b0 ~0 c7 f
Karl - age 55 M% h9 |1 b7 _: R; k
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3 K4 U( Z# T8 t8 [* {( ['Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'4 o- l( r! q( f. c9 M* x
C hrissy - age 6
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. W, A3 E5 Q0 w* w5 I# u'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'! Z" |; t$ A; j; _. E. j
Terri - age 49 q$ E! x- l5 x
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5 W+ n, |# X8 @8 Q'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.'- k+ C8 H3 Z8 l7 W
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.
; O3 L2 ^' M% a1 QMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'6 n; W* o# Z$ F& A6 v3 \3 j4 Y4 |
Emily - age 82 k& Q+ ?* V# d2 _" V$ a- _
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'; k& r0 f% p. S. w* J5 Z
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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& C, d3 J( c: z: \ Z'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,', C2 |1 f4 A, V7 k- {2 m
; g) Z) R+ J2 |% P9 CNikka - age 6
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'6 g" d% X* e* O( m7 }
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.') r7 s5 |4 e1 E5 d9 B k1 H. u# Q( s
Tommy - age 6' S3 c! E( s n! s5 h- t* C- Z
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. P* ?- Y1 o- u" ~: g" q- O" Q+ E'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., E" W. f" a% @; C8 W" {! x
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'( w8 X4 Y( w6 R) w& W% Q" i
Cindy - age 8
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'" m/ M1 `/ B% W+ @2 O
C lare - age 61 }* f% h1 C, t% v0 l% @% P
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& i+ L+ ^- `2 a8 J! e0 z3 ]& S'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'& Y/ E3 l% a2 p* p# w |
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% e( @6 w7 y/ v'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'& C/ R' ~& E( {* {- X$ q
C hris - age 7
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" g- }4 J6 }# X" v'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'$ t# d! e. }7 h+ ]+ C! |. u: `
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.'! j4 @! r! ?6 }: a& ]5 y
Lauren - age 4 `& Q+ B( N S) F+ C
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, u! W0 j& w. P" S# p7 ^'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
+ o0 P& Y' [8 u/ eKaren - 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.'# d( _3 |. C1 s
Jessica - age 8, r/ K; H) _$ t! ~+ o2 R8 p* ?0 P
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.3 [( o9 E' m: Z+ Q6 i
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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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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1 B# a6 M( a! m" c& D' AUpon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.- ]) `1 b% h! h3 a
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'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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