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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
& I& v* a/ T9 P+ ?, I! _Touching words from the mouths of babes.2 o! x- C4 D3 }+ Y7 A4 x
What does 'Love' mean?+ E! ~( D( |. L7 z# i; u
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
: \- j) u# w7 i% LThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:/ r3 K) N( }: s: H
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" b( W3 ~4 x& l0 b- ?6 v'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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4 E8 |4 J5 t4 ]( ~So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
* P9 K: @* `* ^3 bRebecca- age 8: u5 S3 i; E2 M8 B/ H) y; s
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- p5 }+ V; y3 P4 _$ J/ H'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
* L4 L8 S: l/ ?+ rYou just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
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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 k+ W$ f) _/ u: N/ e5 c, n+ e
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1 k$ P' f0 {5 y; `'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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) x x$ k" T) A'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'3 a7 g, z/ X# b- I1 \
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5 e! [3 S2 H; L6 x6 V'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.'3 c$ n( s' W! s$ e7 |# V4 Q0 g( `9 _# A
Danny - age 7
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' E L1 ^' A9 e4 J'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.
5 G3 Q2 @) b) G, i, IMy Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'# x! B5 _ A" b8 j
Emily - age 8
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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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$ p) o9 L' e+ Q; d \) |0 L'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'( _1 @# C# L- e" W8 g; f
# |1 P. x2 ]" [* jNikka - age 6# ~4 T# K) t# K" p
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)9 E1 K2 O0 A# e
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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'
1 c: w! S+ ~6 t) c1 m' e2 g4 W( ]Noelle - age 7
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7 X# V1 l4 N1 ~& S+ X'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'+ g& d/ h T0 B, H0 D4 M
Tommy - age 6
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/ |/ N) R- j( I8 z0 y% \'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.'2 _% @4 X& H% \5 M# i; v0 ?
Cindy - age 8
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$ m. v& ]- r; D+ p'My mommy loves me more than anybody
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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.'7 T& R$ h/ E9 T
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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'& b" {3 h7 U$ P" H4 K& t( u
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/ X1 k2 x9 x. L7 L* X'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'' ]7 w g: {2 O! I
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)7 ], @5 P/ g& G6 Y* R0 N8 u
Karen - age 7
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'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.'; K: K- H3 F; L' Y5 l; N
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2 y5 L$ [5 x! \0 _! VAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.. Z3 D3 ~7 e5 u; } j" s
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The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.7 @5 X; o1 h+ b
$ w1 U, _, `0 ?! Z0 ^9 e2 l! eThe 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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5 V1 X' S8 q/ \5 vUpon 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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& o0 k. |0 S9 j3 G! ^" sWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
# R7 P3 ~% a$ |' U5 s'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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