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What Love Means

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发表于 2009-3-18 15:22 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.  F: I8 A: K5 c$ @$ D5 b
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?'! A( [: [( D- J8 a& T2 s
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:* z5 X1 b, s' b6 x  ~) q
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'1 Q! C9 |8 s1 }9 O
Rebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.* u/ P) @8 {% ]) N9 J
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'/ c# j2 X2 k/ }  i, c* r8 S
Billy - age 4
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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.'7 H2 t% ^! s" @& v* p, s
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  L! @8 @5 e; F1 {'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.') L# `1 ^2 G- Q' O; a  V
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% ~6 W& [, [! Q1 e- r) I7 |% g5 d'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.'
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My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'4 |  t9 I0 r* C

" a- H6 w% g) I6 qNikka - age 6* a5 p. f9 L1 q' S& A2 l: ?2 ]
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)* O5 O4 X" y- U3 w" P

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- w/ K0 a: B0 j'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.'" d! Z9 A6 K& Q( Z+ s. @
Tommy - age 6
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'' o5 T4 e- V6 A% z  Q
Cindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'% P3 b, i) M" ?$ t4 v1 o
C lare - age 6
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'# C! y( L! Q( [, Y) i
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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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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'/ G% h) H3 W. s
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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.'4 \) ^9 O9 H8 Q8 J
Lauren - age 4
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)8 A3 A. v. o8 @! q
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! [6 j, p% e3 }7 B+ r'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.'+ g' ^& s3 U- b
Jessica - age 8
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6 n" g2 s0 P7 a6 B6 t& {2 RAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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* n' {# ^8 C* S3 fThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child., u( _. J/ x8 `- K7 I

- ?' o0 z) ~. f' l$ w$ a  F7 v9 qThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.* r" N, O& ~4 c- p. |5 {
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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.. y6 ^$ m# a) o# G5 \/ {

: ^( N& j" R- y( {When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,7 y# O' v$ [% g
'Nothing, I just helped him cry'
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发表于 2009-3-19 09:26 | 显示全部楼层
Lovely!
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发表于 2009-3-19 12:17 | 显示全部楼层
I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'  this is funy
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the last one is moving.   J! F& ^1 _( K
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the one that says his mom and dad kiss all the time but gross is interesting
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发表于 2009-3-19 20:35 | 显示全部楼层
I know my elder brother loves me because he always eats up my leftover. :-)
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发表于 2009-3-19 23:15 | 显示全部楼层
em......... what does the last story mean? Why is it moving?
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