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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.5 y1 B- ~ S1 v0 c
Touching words from the mouths of babes.
0 @5 i5 d a7 b0 B, nWhat does 'Love' mean?
0 L8 v% Y4 D/ C) }5 PA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
" V) j2 {; N& G1 v5 W, Y# 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.. p& {7 |; X/ q
5 ` T4 m: V: j6 [0 R+ i: J4 ZSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'7 N2 b' }2 P9 n& i& p6 [
Rebecca- age 81 ^- g# P7 h) @$ O2 j0 ? F$ D
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
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Billy - age 4" R/ G. A4 p; L1 P3 r5 z3 ]- S
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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.', a h3 @* h8 q5 o& A4 P# l/ W% Q
Karl - age 5
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8 Q9 q, R0 X. n9 E) w+ H'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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4 y1 T [. t$ k/ ]'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.'; J5 l/ }7 o; Z3 Y8 u# s c2 t f
Danny - age 7: f w& g6 l8 P+ c% T0 t( V
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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.
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Emily - age 8" Q6 K$ Y# N, R% L
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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
# s; E. C. w; B$ w; [Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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- A3 Y. s L/ N0 ~+ z'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'3 l1 ^* \% t5 y; J+ X
; l3 U( h. R; M4 \4 fNikka - age 6
8 h8 o3 \& j! b! \, ]1 v(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet): H' v7 J, @! [: G/ I+ q4 I
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'% B7 \3 _/ j- q5 `: [& i) k# ]+ o
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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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'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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8 S+ k6 ]" T$ i3 k2 ^. AHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'! Z3 v/ U2 w% X4 Q
Cindy - age 8! }/ {2 D5 r+ A9 N
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody5 x$ z& [1 H0 l8 h5 m: m1 c
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C lare - age 6 E i% ~% p+ e- x3 M3 p( h' t
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% u* z1 g, l& f3 g'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.', \# z0 {# x* o. m! N
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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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# a$ I* {3 U% I. s6 a( B'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
7 ], G: Y8 ]4 C7 Q, KMary Ann - age 4
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) M8 \$ l5 ]7 w. W* l& M2 s'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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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)% Q0 ]1 J6 ?2 i8 v' k+ a
Karen - age 7
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6 @* B1 E4 f7 _% V) h! \'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.'" u* l9 w( L: @4 J# Q
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. K- p4 r7 ]* P% X5 D( E. L$ L6 R# A
- N6 G2 g, l$ d+ GThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child./ n E8 v% e9 G( L
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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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Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.. I9 p+ Z: S" z0 z# c$ K
* x0 k: R' a" O( gWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
- w! w) p+ r1 i( C+ K# ?'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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