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Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
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8 k' I( n- f& ?# O5 Q+ f4 PWhat does 'Love' mean?' r2 y# k% @6 e! k# d
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
$ W1 Z6 _8 T* Z0 ^& O# z" H3 RThe answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:8 _4 T5 D/ f# O, f5 U
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- Z# G" c$ g5 B'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.
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- P% @6 t, m1 {% s+ I7 aSo my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
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6 x. e0 r: L' k6 e* a'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
' o6 V. i1 N1 z% ]) ?* bYou 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.'
9 a- e, n4 u" |- m3 @+ qKarl - age 56 y% H! L. j1 e6 \
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a* S' }7 o" w2 v'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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8 \5 T% f; f; h8 y" ?'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.'7 G3 }' G2 h7 n
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: a; D( Q7 e0 y; w'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., E* _9 c1 o' |9 _' e* _
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'/ P7 x# U7 l; r2 ]
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.'0 a9 F; `& C+ q! E" h$ d
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)' h1 n4 f' d# R N' b1 G) G
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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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: s4 ?) o7 P+ w9 p4 k! o; M(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
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1 C" ?# [ P# W'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'7 o7 V; Y. [! C1 {. F! R+ a6 e
Noelle - age 70 @ b+ l U& G6 G
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8 }1 N5 {9 @; `. i$ l: e'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.0 i0 I1 r* O6 B% F% I* @) r* }
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He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
7 g( E0 `7 M0 `" J6 k" Z- h$ ?3 d4 MCindy - age 85 @7 h% A& S8 B% E+ P0 s2 X
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'My mommy loves me more than anybody2 ^, p& S$ G6 [* I- T" `& I; M
' R# j' v. \, n2 ~ u) u5 y9 lYou don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.', l5 w* M" }$ W* ?! d; G9 @9 r( k
C lare - age 67 Y2 p; V( {4 v% V8 M' s
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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'3 K! U6 ]" n2 N) O- k" ~
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5 _6 h) @& ^ P8 i' l, E'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'% f: \, J, f$ C( V* z
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$ ]0 S# K7 l/ y'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'
( x% R% S# }8 k: |/ Y4 ?# {Lauren - age 4) X& C/ F+ a3 j& z @ t: b, X2 E
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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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) ~+ k, {9 d8 c( D. z/ e'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.'/ U. ?6 {" J/ n: C A
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0 d, q) g; N( W1 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.0 z2 W1 U0 \' E) o
6 X+ N- b6 @* B6 f6 rThe 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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Upon 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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0 L. p9 f8 C+ v2 c( KWhen his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
, K8 s# ?; ~( |1 u, M9 H: U% n'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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