But what is love?
Since a very long time ago, people have searched for the meaning of love. But even the great philosophers, with their profound definitions, could not fully touch its true essence.
In a survey of 4-8 year olds, kids share their views on love.
But what do
little kids know about love?
Read on and be surprised that despite their
young and innocent minds, kids already have a simple but deep grasp of
that four-letter word.
Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way.
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.
When someone loves you, the way she says your name is different. You know that your name is safe in her mouth.
If life is 'A,' love is the whole alphabet.
God could have said magic words to make the nails fall off the cross, but He didn't. That's love.
Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.
Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your french fries without making them give you any of theirs.
Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don't yell at him because you know it would hurt his feelings.
Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.
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.
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 but they look happy and sometimes they dance in the kitchen while kissing.
Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents for a minute and look around.
If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who hates you.
Love is saying no.
When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you're scared she won't love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only does she still love you, she loves you even more.
There are 2 kinds of love. Our love. God's love. But God makes both kinds of them.
Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.
Love is spelled U-O-E-U-T-U. There are lots of 'U's' in it.
Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they've know each other so well.
Love comes from people's hearts, but God made hearts.
During my piano recital, I was on a stage and 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.
Love is--if you hold hands and sit beside each other in the cafeteria. That means you're in love. Otherwise, you can sit across from each other and be okay.
My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.
Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken.
Don't feel so bad if you don't have a boyfriend. There's lots of stuff you can do without one.
Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.
If you want somebody to love you, then just be yourself. Some people try to act like somebody else, somebody the boy likes better. I think the boy isn't being very good if he does this to you and you should just find a nicer boy. (very wise!)
Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.
When you're born and see your mommy for the first time. That's love.
Love is a radio song by Elvis.
Love is what makes people hide in the dark corners of movie theaters.
Love goes on even when you stop breathing and you pick up where you left off when you reach heaven.
My enemies taught me how to love.
I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.
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. (also wise)
You have to fall in love before you get married. Then when you're married, you just sit around and read books together.
I let my big sister pick on me because my mom says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her.
Love cards like Valentine's cards say stuff on them that we'd like to say ourselves, but we wouldn't be caught dead saying.
When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.
Love is when mommy sees daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.
Love makes you sweat a lot.
You never have to be lonely. There's always somebody to love, even if it's just a squirrel or a kitten.
You can break love, but it won't die.
GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT LIFE THAT LITTLE CHILDREN
HAVE LEARNED:
1) No matter how hard you try, you can't
baptize cats.
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let
her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back.
They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a
tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
6) Reading what people write on desks can teach
you a lot.
7) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your
hair.
8) Puppies still have bad breath, even after
eating a tic-tac.
9) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the
same time.
10) School lunches stick to the wall.
11) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a
glass of milk.
12) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white
shorts.
13) The best place to be when you're sad is
Grandpa's lap.
GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT LIFE THAT ADULTS HAVE
LEARNED:
1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to
a tree.
2) There is always a lot to be thankful for, if
you take the time to look. For example, I'm sitting here thinking
how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt.
3) One reason to smile is that every seven
minutes of every day, someone
in an aerobics class pulls a hamstring.
4) Car sickness is the feeling you get when the
monthly payment is due.
5) The best way to keep kids at home is to make
a pleasant atmosphere and let the air out of their tires.
6) Families are like fudge . . . mostly sweet,
with a few nuts.
7) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut
that held its ground.
8) Laughing helps. It's like jogging on the
inside.
9) Middle age is when you choose your cereal
for the fiber, not the toy.
10) My mind not only wanders; sometimes it
leaves completely.
11) If you can remain calm, you just don't have
all the facts.
. . . . and a little child shall lead them . . . .
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"
Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had a different color hair than the other family members. One child suggested that he was adopted and a little girl said, "I know all about adoptions because I was adopted. " What does it mean to be adopted?" asked another child. "It means," said the girl, "that you grew in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy."
A four-year-old was at the pediatrician for a check up. As the doctor looked down her ears with an otoscope, he asked, "Do you think I'll find Big Bird in here?" The little girl stayed silent. Next, the doctor took a tongue depressor and looked down her throat. He asked, "Do you think I'll find the Cookie Monster down there?" Again, the little girl was silent. Then the doctor put a stethoscope to her chest. As he listened to her heart beat, he asked, "Do you think I'll hear Barney in there?" "Oh, no!" the little girl replied. "Jesus is in my heart. Barney's on my underpants."
As I was driving home from work one day, I stopped to watch a local Little League baseball game that was being played in a park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was. "We're behind 14 to nothing," he answered with a smile. "Really," I said. "I have to say you don't look very discouraged." "Discouraged?" the boy, asked with a puzzled look on is face. "Why should we be discouraged? We haven't been up to bat yet."
Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in my life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott. Jamie was trying out for a part in a schoolplay. His mother told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen. On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her, eyes shining with pride and excitement. "Guess what Mom," he shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to me: "I've been chosen to clap and cheer."
A lesson in "heart" is my little, 10-year-old daughter, Sarah, who was born with a muscle missing in her foot and wears a brace all the time. She came home one beautiful spring day to tell me she had competed in field day" - that's where they have lots of races and other competitive events. Because of her leg support, my mind raced as I tried to think of encouragement for my Sarah, things I could say to her about not letting this get her down - but before I could get a word out, she said "Daddy, I won two of the races!" I couldn't believe it! And then Sarah said, "I had an advantage." Ah. I knew it. I thought she must have beengiven a head start...some kind of physical advantage. But again, before I could say anything, she said, "Daddy, I didn't get a head start... My advantage was I had to try harder!"
An Eye Witness Account from New York City, on a cold day in December: A little boy about 10 years old was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy and said, "My little fellow, why are you looking so earnestly in that window?" "I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was the boys reply. The lady took him by the hand and went into the store and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with a towel. By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, "No doubt, my little fellow, you feel more comfortable now?" As she turned to go, the astonished lad caught her bythe hand, and looking up
in her face, with tears his eyes, answered the question with these words: "Are you God's Wife?"
Eleven things children do not learn in school!
Rule 1: Life is not fair; get used to it.
Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone until you earn both (unless of course your parents buy you one when you are teenager).
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes. Learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes,and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rainforest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try cleaning the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This, of course, doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off,and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life? In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave
each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb.
Their insight may surprise you.
Better to be safe than....................Punch a 5th grader
Strike while the .........................Bug is close
It's always darkest before............... Daylight Savings Time
Never underestimate the power of..........Termites
You can lead a horse to water but........how?
Don't bite the hand that.................looks dirty
No news is................................impossible
A miss is as good as a....................Mr.
You can't teach an old dog new............maths
If you lie down with dogs, you'll.........stink in the morning
Love all, trust..........................me
The pen is mightier than the..............pigs
An idle mind is..........................The best way to relax
Where there's smoke there's...............pollution
Happy the bride who.......................gets all the presents
A penny saved is..........................not much
Two's company, three's....................the Musketeers
Don't put off till tomorrow what..........you put on to go to bed
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and.......you have
to blow your nose
None are so blind as......................Stevie Wonder
Children should be seen and not...........spanked or grounded
If at first you don't succeed.............get new batteries
You get out of something what you.........see pictured on the box
When the blind leadeth the blind..........get out of the way
And the favorite...
Better late than..........................pregnant
While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my four-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"
While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his five-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said: "Glory be unto the Faaaather...and unto the Sonnnn. . .....and into the hole he gooooes."
My best lesson in child psychology came when I saw our five-year-old, Steven, roughly jerking our poodle's leash. Suddenly his fuming father appeared and asked, "Do you want to tell me how sorry you are?" "I don't know how much you saw!" Steven stammered.
When my wife quit work to take care of our new baby daughter, countless hours of peekaboo and other games slowly took their toll. One evening my wife smacked her bare toes on the corner of a dresser and, grabbing her foot, sank to the floor. I rushed to her side and asked what she hurt. She looked at me through tear-filled eyes and managed to moan, "It's the piggy that ate roast beef."
We had spent the day moving from our farmhouse into a new apartment house in town. Very early the next morning, our 3 1/2 -year-old ran into our bedroom to wake us up. I dressed him and told him to play in the yard and to quit bothering us. About 20 minutes later, he came running back. "Mommy, Mommy," he exclaimed, "Everybody has doorbells - and they all work!"
A little girl had just finished her first week of school. "I'm just wasting my time," she said to her mother, "I can't read, I can't write - and they won't let me talk
