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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
# }3 B: }/ _ BTouching words from the mouths of babes.. `, p8 y5 O* c2 J, Y
What does 'Love' mean? K! c0 R5 @0 K
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
( A' o2 b8 o6 R" d% y8 pThe 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.
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'* Q7 w! V: ~; x$ k
Rebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
0 ]5 N+ Q$ c6 a6 ~$ G5 X3 F# sYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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3 n" A- m! d ~0 k& q3 Q- ]( Z6 u' d- s'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'' r! ]8 h1 N( H' h }% y
Karl - age 5/ ]* D3 n% F; J1 U/ N. ^. U; A( r
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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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. Q7 K* ?1 L7 o- _' n- T'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'# I9 }; j6 [9 u `( W, p
Terri - age 4# L8 i5 h! `9 H, x9 ^' P
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* D" |/ M! j ?- `'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.'6 S4 l! _$ T8 v: l. F7 Y2 m
Danny - age 76 O& y+ r8 a8 o+ T
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' a3 b$ T4 e! l: z+ N/ _$ C'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." Q7 [8 [4 _. G: T" h8 R
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss': u9 |, A. E8 z$ c* |% T8 N! s
Emily - age 8
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- f" _2 l# }9 v( b& X6 _9 X$ t'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.' g$ ^. f: O2 x" {& u$ i1 Z
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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/ p1 I; k; I/ @- d'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'
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Nikka - age 6
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.') ]% N+ G$ Q7 o; o
Noelle - age 7
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$ r; @9 Z9 A6 Y x3 @'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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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
' J; v" T1 @4 r: R; wCindy - age 8
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody2 C- H- j% K9 G
" O4 W7 o; \8 t2 U. V( JYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
# u5 J. W% w4 x+ B- RC lare - age 6
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
/ R7 W+ k6 [$ s+ GElaine-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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4 G9 D: I: C& V( K" B/ ^'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'* M [; j# ?$ n3 u6 j( O
Mary Ann - age 4
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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.') X9 ~; S* @5 \* K2 m6 `* M
Lauren - age 4( V+ E3 ^3 L1 ~
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
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% H7 N* n5 n: y5 \'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.' }1 @7 }# {+ C \! N7 J& f
Jessica - age 8# c# h+ A0 m# V0 k( w8 I% x: `" p
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6 s- O( f/ a& U% O5 @' g u8 bAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.) A3 ^$ @7 p8 A$ e- H2 x
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.0 C0 E' v1 h, {+ p5 Y. }/ R! _
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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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2 u/ y) }" T+ e* `' ]Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.3 k: K2 g, x( e
' T# y, S( R9 tWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
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