What is Love ?

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 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 just know that your name is safe in their mouth.” (this ones so sweet) (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 take 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 :-))

* “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, and 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)* “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)

* “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)

* “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 )

* And the final one to melt anbody’s heart: 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.”

My opinion about freindship…

I have three kind of Friendz : those who love me, those who pay no attention to me and those who detest me :-)

Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behaviour between two or more social entities. The term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, and affection. Friends will welcome each other’s company and exhibit loyalty towards each other, often to the point of altruism. Their tastes will usually be similar and may converge, and they will share enjoyable activities. They will also engage in mutually helping behavior, such as exchange of advice and the sharing of hardship. A friend is someone who may often demonstrate reciprocating and reflective behaviors. Yet for many, friendship is nothing more than the trust that someone or something will not harm them.

Value that is found in friendships is often the result of a friend demonstrating on a consistent basis:

• the tendency to desire what is best for each other.
• sympathy and empathy.
• honesty, perhaps in situations where it may be difficult for others to speak the truth.
• mutual understanding.

In a comparison of personal relationships, friendship is considered to be closer than acquaintanceship, although there is a range of degrees of intimacy in both friendships and acquaintances. For many people, friendship and acquaintanceship lie along the same continuum.