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Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
* ^6 u0 W7 c8 ZTouching words from the mouths of babes.: w7 c1 f2 z3 S/ ^( O% E# P
What does 'Love' mean?
. Z0 B3 Q1 K. e6 V4 o! d/ F- BA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
4 c7 h- P4 R5 I6 _7 MThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore./ s& X' c7 \- P6 u
8 B R8 {3 u. d; ]% N- E5 J6 _2 QSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'2 O1 q& _6 f1 b r9 V- `) W
Rebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
, \. _! ?& T" B6 a6 E3 x6 T) iYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'3 K' Z) I; f$ d+ E- `: z1 W
Billy - age 4
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2 M+ k1 O0 {/ W$ h'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
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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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9 h/ ]' {. R2 o& r/ i'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'. f. f. v4 H. L K4 p
Terri - age 4
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2 n0 O* \9 h! R" E'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.'( Y9 g! I4 ~2 b$ u" F
Danny - age 7
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( m& J1 u K1 b6 G'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* @1 J' y( d( p4 a! Z! K; ^
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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# X2 l0 i6 _: \2 e1 Y'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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9 E# u c/ l$ |3 D$ I# B& j! ]'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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. w) K* u0 u8 R2 O E'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.'
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$ N) Z# w( I* k% \He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
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8 R$ \7 `0 M x'My mommy loves me more than anybody" H2 ]2 q8 N+ R" z6 G6 x: F d
5 y' S. z8 Y# o& m. F' rYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'# m0 W+ e, B1 a$ P
Elaine-age 5
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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
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9 V* T" L- |6 S) Y0 }2 Q'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day': W, `8 ?4 t. J! j
Mary Ann - age 4
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" }5 B8 r2 `, N- X# k K1 D'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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'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.'3 x! W" b/ r: q. Y
Jessica - 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.
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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% m6 Y. E6 E: C% PThe 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.! e- r# `! |, ~6 \# M7 q% k: \. a. I
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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,6 h3 b8 T) i! ~/ s# O
'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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