What Love means to 4-8 year old children..

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 de eper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think.

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'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

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'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 when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.' 

Karl - age 5

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'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

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'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.' 

Terri - age 4

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'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

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'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

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'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.' 

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

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'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,' 

Nikka - age 6 
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)

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'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.' 

Noelle - age 7

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'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

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'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

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'My mommy loves me more than anybody 
You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.' 

Clare - age 6

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'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.' 

Elaine-age 5

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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.' 

Chris - age 7

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'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.' 

Mary Ann - age 4

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'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

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'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image) 

Karen - age 7

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'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.' 

Mark - age 6

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'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

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And the final one 

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 what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, 

'Nothing, I just helped him cry'

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Aprendiendo a Amar

Alguien me envio esta cadena y me puse a pensar.. quien decide q es amar y q es no amar.. todo ello se deriva o proviene de experiencias personales de las cuales uno al disfrutar o sufrir las pone sobre papel.. pero en si.. que es amar?.. o quien sabe realmente lo q es amar?..

Creo q las unicas personas q saben lo q es amar.. son las madres q darian su propia vida por aquellos hijos a quienes idolatran.. (obvio q no aplica a todas las madres, pero si a la mayoria)..

Cuando dejes de pensar en ti y veles por la otra persona a quien amas sin titubear en hacer lo q sea por su felicidad.. creo q ahi uno podra encontrar el significado del amor del uno por el otro.. OJO q hay diferentes tipos de amor.. pero este es solo uno.. asi q cada uno juzgue por si mismo.. por lo pronto.. aqui les paso las lineas q me hicieron pensar en todo esto..

Aprender a Amar

Amar es cuando te olvidas de ti mismo y esa persona ocupa todo tu
pensamiento, tu mundo, tu vida y todo tu ser.

Amar es cuando a través de sus ojos puedes leer todo lo que hay en
su corazón.

Amar es confiar, a pesar de todo y de todos.

Amar es cuando te interesa todo lo que al ser amado le gusta y se
convierte en parte de Ti.

AMAR...?

Amar...!!! Es comprender, es soportarlo todo, es sacrificarte mucho
a pesar de que te cueste demasiado.

Amar es no ser egoísta y pensar tambien en el ser amado, es
desearle toda la felicidad del mundo asi no fuese a tu lado.

Amar es "comprender"que puede ser felíz en otros
brazos.

Amar es compartir, es hacer tuyas sus tristezas y también sus
alegrías, es escuchar mas alla de las palabras, es llegar a oir lo
que dice su corazón y su ser.

Amar no es reprochar, es entender.Amar no es lastimar, es consolar.

Amar es el sonido de dos corazones que al latir al mismo tiempo se
confunden y se hacen uno solo.

Amar es dar tu alma, tu corazón y todo tu ser, sin esperar nada a
cambio.

¡ Eso es Amar !