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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
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9 \( X4 e5 C: W+ U/ i1 JWhat does 'Love' mean?* {- G2 a1 \/ R- S, o% w1 ~, i
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'5 h% a" V! n, Z1 T% r3 o7 W8 }
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:* E% C- {, s4 R6 Y7 N/ L
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'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.'2 b* D" G( C7 \9 r6 n& x# [9 b
Rebecca- age 8$ ^4 ?/ D; d* [( {# W+ C
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! z6 Z* O5 k7 l7 v! d3 n; x# Q'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
! p* s, b) t# B" [You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'& z6 N- @0 n1 O. Q; ~
Billy - age 4
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7 M" V; b: k" h'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'7 G6 G- g6 o! [/ w
Karl - age 5* @8 R, `' C2 o- `
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* h: {4 K' w, u3 J3 U3 L'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.'/ d3 Z o9 U6 C, o
Terri - age 4
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4 @0 Z0 q1 O( o9 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.'( E$ {: R& Q+ b% F& ?
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.
5 S4 r2 G( C/ U, a) |# x CMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
$ J; y2 j$ u% I8 V) t6 v8 t8 M, MEmily - age 8
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3 N7 g8 x& b& r7 m4 ` F'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.' F- g$ R K9 c q0 J
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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7 b* B1 Z3 R) e9 Z'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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" t" T# V" l" l" M! |$ qNikka - age 67 k2 B- P7 Y1 R
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet) t9 H, z+ \! n
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/ s# H* P! V- G4 T$ x# \'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.' k/ C3 j9 y2 f
Noelle - age 7, [2 E2 P* L, d# K1 F$ |: ]
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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.': R4 t! v4 M1 ?2 b$ V2 B
Tommy - age 6 U# \6 t" ?1 s5 b3 l
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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./ Z, H- N% g# L* x* }: i
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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4 Z& \/ |+ m3 _8 g! _5 \1 LYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
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* N5 C' M& E: w'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.'5 z4 o6 h0 v- O8 G
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Q: N" b( l6 g: E% }'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
9 X4 t/ C+ [' C- `" zMary Ann - age 4! i, n2 f) c( M( }6 _2 {
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7 q6 E& z/ _% ]* y3 y7 x'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'- O) M( k, C8 j1 f* X
Lauren - age 4$ A6 {1 N0 g1 `! [
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
3 p9 `& I5 B' P( m, P. p+ IKaren - 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.'
. V* T) {. C0 d; AJessica - age 8
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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.9 g; X! S$ S' O8 b9 T. M
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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1 M% ^+ F" `4 B# ]+ k: ^( T) ?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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Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.: v. a/ ]4 F3 J& I% r/ H
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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,, m9 S3 {2 j& t. }; }1 R! X
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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