How do YOU define Love?
 

It's said a clinical group of professionals posed a question to a couple of four- to eight-year olds. "What exactly does love mean," they were said to have asked.

The answers were broader and deeper than anyone in the group could have imagined. So how would you have defined love?
Age 8 - Rebecca: "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."
Age 4 - Billy: "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth."
Age 6 - Chrissy: "Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your fries without making them give you any of theirs."
Age 4 - Terri: "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Age 7 - Danny: "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 okay."
Age 7 - Bobby: "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents, and listen."
Age 6 - Nikka: "If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate."
Age 7 - Noelle: "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."
Age 6 - Tommy: "Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well."
Age 6 - Clare: "My mummy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."
Age 5 - Elain: "Love is when Mummy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Age 4 - Mary Ann: "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."
Age 8 - Jessica: "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."

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 neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."

 

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