Thursday, February 12, 2004
in honor of valentine's day...
it's a day of love... not just for your significant other, but for your fellow human being. kids tell it best, so here's what they think:
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.
"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over
and couldn't 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 know that your name is safe in their
mouth." Billy - 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." Chrissy - 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 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." Emily - age 8
"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
"There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love. But
God makes both kinds of them." Jenny - age 8
"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he
wears it everyday." 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 Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine - age 5
"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still
says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris - age 7
"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you
left him alone all day." Mary 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." Lauren
- age 4
"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and
little stars come out of you." Karen - age 7
"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she
doesn't think it's gross." Mark - age 6
"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
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
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 him what he had said to the
neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him
cry."
What does love mean to you??
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.
"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over
and couldn't 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 know that your name is safe in their
mouth." Billy - 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." Chrissy - 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 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." Emily - age 8
"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
"There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love. But
God makes both kinds of them." Jenny - age 8
"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he
wears it everyday." 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 Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine - age 5
"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still
says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris - age 7
"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you
left him alone all day." Mary 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." Lauren
- age 4
"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and
little stars come out of you." Karen - age 7
"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she
doesn't think it's gross." Mark - age 6
"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
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
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 him what he had said to the
neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him
cry."
What does love mean to you??
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quotable quotes
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"To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the
greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks
nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid
suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change,
grow, live, and love."
~unknown
"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues."
~ Abraham Lincoln
"live a life that others will remember years from now, NOT because it pointed to you but because of how it pointed to the One who made you."
~ Mark Hart, the Bible Geek
"we grow up learning to become self-reliant, but really we need to be God-reliant"
"we could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box"
"never wound hearts that love u, never give them the endless pain, because wounded hearts are like roses that never bloom"
"there comes a time when we have to stop loving someone not because that person has stopped loving us but because we have found out that they'd be happier if we'd let go"
