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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
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J N/ o. m. RA group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'5 E0 M7 M: P; V& H. v- ?' V4 g! g7 B b
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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/ [1 N) j3 N! v# T) w$ f& S'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.' E2 R1 F' P' G! p
# Y# Z* _; v# ] ^+ a+ z# s5 j3 J" JSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
( g* C# ]2 O# V! LRebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
2 D' f7 b/ v5 ~& E. i5 jYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
0 `. j" b% W9 s! M0 N' ]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.'. ^. b+ f6 F \2 l" f/ d1 @
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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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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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! `. O( w+ G$ U'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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+ _3 k! x, l0 Q'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.
: Y. B- ^- G* Z; }. T" z/ k7 EMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'5 v C( {4 ^9 a7 C {
Emily - age 8
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2 ?' W9 o/ Y8 W8 T& d& W'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
+ u+ G/ R; R4 m" uBobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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+ R* Q- Y2 K+ ~3 |! ]( H1 V'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'0 Z6 |( S2 z' j* C( I8 Z+ R
. {" x6 k, o8 n/ j5 o2 k3 cNikka - age 60 B' @' r: v6 _6 M8 u& Z' B
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'/ L/ O1 i F' A' E( t5 F
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: H- M; O& ^; i4 V'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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8 b- c' I3 o$ w% Z6 r; R'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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; n4 J! F; _/ o) j. t! N7 t sHe was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'+ |% k* `- }: |& p9 d, \
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1 ?5 @8 ~* V F! f'My mommy loves me more than anybody ]) _" h0 w# Q$ ^( X
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You 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.'0 V& `3 r: ^0 u! y3 \, F
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, H6 }3 Z, g& g/ E$ f'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
2 F; }0 H/ s' [+ K2 Q& bC hris - age 7
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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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.'5 D& G I/ K! A$ J; l2 V# M
Lauren - age 4
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" g4 h1 d, l6 E'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
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- `5 L3 R1 P. v X'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.'+ Q) |$ F) \! p$ @3 }5 o! ?- s
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- l4 [4 ]! }. r) HAnd 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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8 \# G- {/ o/ {" qThe winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.! }/ z( L" ~" ^* V; t" [
( ]8 l" j: d2 i' A! e* Y7 V8 [& E2 fUpon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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