Guest guest Posted May 19, 2004 Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 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: > > > > 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. - age 8. > > > > When someone loves you, the way they say your name > > is different. You > > know that your name is safe in their mouth. - > > age 4. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > Love is what makes you smile when you're tired. > > Terri - age > > 4. > > > > 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. Danny - age 7. > > > > Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas, if > > you > > stop opening presents and listen. Bobby - age 7. > > (Wow!) > > > > If you want to learn to love better, you should > > start with > > a friend who you hate. Nikka - age 6. > > > > Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then > > he > > wears it every day. Noelle - age 7. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. Cindy - age 8. > > > > My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see > > anyone > > else kissing me to sleep at night. Clare - age 6. > > > > Love is when your puppy licks your face even after > > you left > > him alone all day. Ann - age 4. > > > > I know my older sister loves me because she gives me > > all > > her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones. > > > > - age 4. > > > > 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. - > > age 8. > > > > 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. The winner was a > > four-year-old child whose > > next-door neighbour 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 him what he had said to the neighbour, > > the little boy said: > > " Nothing, I just helped him cry. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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