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Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
0 g3 ~/ D7 Y% STouching words from the mouths of babes.
4 H l0 ]) V9 w, g5 kWhat does 'Love' mean?% W6 E- u$ u( E, i& a& |
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
2 @* v) ^% |) GThe 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.9 E4 T3 R5 w9 d6 ~2 J
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So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'9 d- ^2 m7 E6 c8 q+ k% \& G
Rebecca- age 8
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'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.% C- W; y1 a. x% ?. J
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'* c$ n O2 O7 t9 @8 K' e; ~) y- ]
Billy - age 4
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( r# N* ]5 d$ M# g7 f, J! L% e'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.'
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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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1 ] s0 [' s! n. `+ C" v'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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m4 q2 Q) y2 S' f I; m/ j, T7 I'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.
. y. M! n( x8 ]3 @$ d) _My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
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2 v0 o1 [+ E3 P1 ?& V'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.'
$ i# t% @' g9 t& uBobby - 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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(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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* I0 y$ z: D6 n; B0 a'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.* J5 b0 s" [2 ]0 E4 r
2 \9 K& O: Q% ~He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'* h9 N2 q" J! t2 V, T# n2 ~
Cindy - age 8 H" G. _, ~& Q7 u) O$ h
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' T# v* \" w, e* i Z% i'My mommy loves me more than anybody# H6 O0 I/ M, Z+ F
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You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
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6 p. c3 s2 ^3 h7 c'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
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2 ~ w. R2 e' l+ f. A/ \# p6 q'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'" R3 [$ A" @( L7 N
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( F$ M7 K/ b7 n5 b# A' u'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'4 `* V+ Z* y3 O9 d1 i0 v% K
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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.'
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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
! L% r; s) T, tKaren - age 7
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, a$ F0 `" H P! u6 \'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 n( z. g5 a4 |6 e" @
Jessica - age 8
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. w3 ]* D J% x5 xAnd the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
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9 @4 S# }/ C; EThe purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.) X; ~+ P& _6 [3 a* @
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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.7 T. w1 ?0 @' J& o4 g
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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.4 H2 g: w3 b9 r
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When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
1 G4 p6 A! z N% F'Nothing, I just helped him cry' |
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