What is Love?

Subject: FW: What does Love mean?
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>>What does Love mean?
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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?"
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>>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. So my grandfather does it for her all
>>the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."
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>>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."
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>>Chrissy -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 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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>>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 Mommy
>>and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss"
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>>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,"
>>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. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."
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>>Cindy - age 8
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>>"My mommy loves me more than anybody . You don't see anyone else
>> kissing me to sleep at night."
>>Clare - age 6
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>>"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
>>Elaine-age 5
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>>"Love is when Mommy 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 imagination)
>> Karen - age 7
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>>"Love is when Mommy 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."
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>>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. 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. Upon seeing
>>the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard,
>>climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked
>>what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I
>>just helped him cry"
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Now, say this
>>Bless all my friends in whatever it is that they may be needing
>>this day! And may their life be full of your peace, prosperity and
>> power, courage, compassion and wisdom as he/she seeks to have a
>>closer relationship with love.
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