what is love?

[holdencaulfield]

could u people give new perspectives/definitions on the much-hackneyed "love"?

[Nightshade]

well Im just going to quote another post



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. See what you think:

“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.”
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 takes 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 8

“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
(we need a few million more Nikka’s on this planet)

“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, 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

“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

“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 Brad Pitt.”
Chris - age 7

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.”
Mary Ann - age 4

“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

“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” (what an image)
Karen - age 7

“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

And the final one — 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 what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,

“Nothing, I just helped him cry”

:bawling:

[Stanislaw]

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16249&page=1

paste that link into your address bar, and be enlightened.

[holdencaulfield]

oh what is love
its not hereafter
present mirth has present laughter
whats to come is still unsure
in delay there lies no plenty
so come kiss me sweet and twenty
youth's a stuff will not endure...

[Pensive]

It is something without which, I can't live.

[cateye515]

:angel: it's like walking on clouds but knowing that at any moment you could come crashing down :blush:

[tn2743]

Love is, for me:

L for Lots of waiting around for you!

O for Open the bloody present and stop guessing, won't you

V for Very easily distracted! Look at me please, forget about the old man with the big hat!

E for Everyday being filled with your childish laughter and beautiful thoughts of you

Love is, for me, you.

:D

[Stanislaw]

love is a binding contract on the very hearts of humans, it is a binding so deep that life becomes irrelevant and only the warmth of love is real.

[subterranean]

It is something without which, I can't live.


Well, I prefert to say "it's one of the things without which I can't live ;)

[IrishCanadian]

Pensive, Sub ... you 've got it!

[holdencaulfield]

Love is empathy.

[Chinaski]

Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.

[Chinaski]

I love that quote - wholly because for ages it was attributed to Nietzshe (on the WWW) when in fact it is matt Groening!

I agree with Cateye - which is what my poem 'Sarah and Spring' is about - hey, and you can find it on this site!

[optimisticnad]

sigh. sigh again. lol. Why are we always resorting to love quotes and poems? Im'm not accusinng anyone of anything, I'm as guilty of that as the next person. ugh. what is love? Its different4 every person isn't it, but I think wel al agree its one of the most powerful feelings wel ever feel if we are fortunate enough. But I've always said and will continue to say so that until that moment, the last final moment where you draw your last breath you won't know who you've really loved or who the 'love of your life' will you? Only then you'll know for sure cos you never know whats round the corner, or rather whos round the corner. So...just enjoy the moment, live for today. I’ve learned to enjoy each second for what it is worth on its own, not in context of the minute nor in fear of the next second. So don't worry too much about incomprehensible definitions, about whether it will last or not, my advice to you is-I now sound like those agony aunts-it is better to live and then die and lose ALL than never to have lived, and loved and risked ALL. (Yes, I’ve just paraphrased Tennyson but it sounds so much better, wouldn’t you agree?) ugh. sigh. getting too deep now- quick...back to the telly...