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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
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What does 'Love' mean?; u# ]5 v9 v2 i; w1 T
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'/ k+ @$ f$ {7 O% j! f A
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
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; `9 p8 G; I/ X. U ^'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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' L: `1 X, O# O5 l+ ?5 O, MSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'. j1 g0 ], n4 r- D1 [3 \ L
Rebecca- age 81 P. E( i% ]0 z
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You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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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.'1 i% a& d% J+ c
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8 w1 }: A3 b8 J) A+ h'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'' }) n' f3 t: \5 E7 _ t
Terri - age 4
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'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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'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
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) h3 H: _4 P6 H+ l3 j7 i'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
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* w/ ^5 i }# M- g9 n& u'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'* J% {0 V8 o _9 @& d" @3 x
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Nikka - age 67 N1 y7 O% U- Y# N- y/ y: f
(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.'
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$ H8 D/ j6 x- ]4 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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- [) u* G5 @* O5 U* S8 n; c% I'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.'
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.') l5 a7 X3 R8 Y0 p" `
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) a1 W6 y* P( J2 @'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
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5 C, ]$ Z' p* _, p9 ?'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'9 n. O3 p; F/ u, J- ?* c4 z
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)! g# e' f1 O, `) y
Karen - age 7
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# g& M9 t# @; G* ]/ HAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.* g0 O: E! m! ^7 ~3 E8 ~
5 | h7 G' H. V* {/ NThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.
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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.% S! w& p5 H4 d, ?9 J
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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.+ S6 r! P1 k, C# R; n3 f
# J* ?- [0 M. W3 mWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
+ s- n$ k3 X! G- i0 L'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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