Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it.
> Touching words from the mouths of babes.
> What does 'Love' mean?
> A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, 'What does 'love' mean?'
> The 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.
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> So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'
> Rebecca- age 8
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> 'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
> You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'
> Billy - age 4
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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.'
> Karl - age 5
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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.'
> Chrissie - age 6
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> 'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'
> Terri - age 4
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> 'Love is when my mummy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.'
> Danny - age 7
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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.
> My Mummy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss'
> 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.'
> 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
> (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.'
> Noelle - age 7
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> 'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'
> Tommy - age 6
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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.
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> He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'
> Cindy - age 8
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> 'My mummy loves me more than anybody
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> You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'
> Clare - age 6
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> 'Love is when Mummy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'
> Elaine-age 5
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> 'Love is when Mummy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.'
> Chris - age 7
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> 'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day'
> Mary Ann - age 4
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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.'
> Lauren - age 4
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> 'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)
> Karen - age 7
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> 'Love is when Mummy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.'
> Mark - age 6
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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.'
> Jessica - age 8
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> And 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.
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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.
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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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> When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbour, the little boy said,
> 'Nothing, I just helped him cry'
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> When there is nothing left,    that is when you find out that  love is all you need. Take 60 seconds and give this a shot!