As I Live and Learn
I've been collecting my writings from years gone by as I find them. Each time I move - now 5 times in the last 3 years - I find more scraps, loose sheets, etc. with my thoughts from various times in my life. I've decided to copy as many of them as I can here to try and keep from losing them again, and to share with the world.
Please feel free to comment as thoughts occur to you. Either send them to trekker9er@yahoo.com or use the comment links here.
Thanks, and Enjoy!
Thursday, December 29, 2005
What is love... Some great insight from kids
I heard this today on the radio as I pulled into work. I've only posted the ten ones I thought were the best here. If you want to read more you can do so at Chatterbox.
-Jennifer
A group of professional people posted 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 grandma got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandpa does it for her now 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 mouths.
Billy- age 4
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Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.
Terri- age 4
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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
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If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.
Nikka- age 6
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Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt and 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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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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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 winner was a 4 year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly man who had just lost his wife. When the child saw the man cry, the little boy went over into the man's yard and climbed on top of the man's lap and just sat there. When the boy's mother asked him what he'd said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."
