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What Love means to a  4-8 year old . . Slow down  for three minutes to read this.  It is so worth it. Touching  words from the mouth of babes 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:

‘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.’

Rebecca- age 8

‘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 any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection^[1] and attachment. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure (”I loved that meal”) to intense interpersonal attraction (”I love my boyfriend”). This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.

As an abstract concept, love usually refers to a deep, ineffable feeling of tenderly caring for another person. Even this limited conception of love, however, encompasses a wealth of different feelings, from the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love to the nonsexual emotional closeness of familial and platonic love^[2] to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love.^[3] Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.

(Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love)

Here his mate is injured and the condition is appalling.

Here he brings her food and attend her with love and compassion.

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