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 Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
8 b$ W2 p4 r* b: Y7 CTouching words from the mouths of babes.9 I; p3 G+ Z! h
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A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'1 v2 b1 x( T, |- O& |& o% C4 _
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:% f. o" S( M& F' Z; b8 A3 D- {
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" @. d" b/ e4 q# T0 ~'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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, N0 S( s/ |* A: ?) xSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
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( `( P' O; D) x& E& l; h$ _: M; `'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.* j+ S1 y0 e5 r
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'( y v- w; _6 F* `8 x! C
Billy - age 41 R. Y3 V7 ^0 r, Z5 i2 \, l* O
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w6 N+ d) o) y& j'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'0 Z3 p; y" s9 r' v. w
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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.'; w- z* |5 j' d3 R* Y' T4 g4 [
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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
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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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$ u5 l9 [ m g: q8 \# Q4 Q# P'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.3 M @/ x! ^ @5 k1 e% l% X+ ~
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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/ {4 n4 o& R7 Y( |6 Q'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'/ f$ ?3 C4 A. D# s8 w
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
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'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.'
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/ g3 h4 L: G6 ~, i'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.' f7 h9 y9 J. E
( j9 t' ]9 r9 Y: W. s) X% j# U4 `He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
7 B! g* F" j( n [Cindy - age 8
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, z! ?/ `- g# h. _7 t: C) C I4 e'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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+ Y. h& K, \3 E6 C'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'+ s; X$ Q1 |' V6 [$ e: D$ k3 s
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! q3 `+ }& `& X+ b( E/ G& ?3 j'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'
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8 S1 L2 \; e' f& ~; 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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3 V% i! b1 }- B+ G0 o% t2 M1 R. F0 p'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
) M% X/ Z) M' ]* @) `, G/ Y/ W* SKaren - 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.'
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" u$ {' u3 v+ z/ T3 a" \, k" oAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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0 K7 ~9 F" P5 d- o6 f$ dThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.* z, ^/ p) z( Z
. X" w+ J( T% C _" i' X; M* B% FThe 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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! U" T) Q& U0 I& [2 pUpon 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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M; F c. r+ xWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
! s4 q d- A' C0 S! t. n0 C'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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