Slow down for three minutes to read this.

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"

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给你们看看吧。。顺便写下你们的读后感哦。。。

——————杯子和水————————

杯子：“我寂寞，我需要水，给我点水吧。”

主人：“好吧，拥有了想要的水，你就不寂寞了吗？”

杯子：“应该是吧。”

主人把开水倒进了杯子里。

水很热，杯子感到自己快被融化了，杯子想，这就是爱情的力量吧。

水变温了，杯子感觉很舒服，杯子想，这就是生活的感觉吧。

水变凉了，杯子害怕了，怕什么他也不知道，杯子想，这就是失去的滋味吧。

水凉透了，杯子绝望了，杯子想，这就是缘分的“杰作”吧。

杯子：“主人，快把水倒出去，我不需要了。”

主人不在。杯子感觉自己压抑死了，可恶的水，凉凉的，放在心里，感觉好难过。

杯子奋力一晃，水终于走出了杯子心里，杯子好开心，突然，杯子掉在了地上。

杯子碎了，临死前，看见了，它心里的每一个地方都有水的痕迹，它才知道，它爱水，它是如此的爱着水，可是，它再也无法把水完整的放在心里了。

杯子哭了，它的眼泪和水溶在一起，奢望着能用最后的力量再去爱水一次。

主人捡着杯子的碎片，一片割破了他的手指。指尖有血。

杯子笑了，爱情呀，到底是什么，难道只有经历了痛苦才知道珍惜吗？

杯子笑了，爱情呀，到底是什么，难道要到一切都无法挽回才说放弃吗？

杯子笑了，爱情呀，到底是什么……

上帝常用各种你预想不到的方式来考验痴情男女的情感，在你没有防备的时候，把你空虚的心灵用滚烫的热水填满，如果不懂得珍惜，然后感情就像这杯水慢慢自然冷却。随着人类的进步，欲望在一天天膨胀的同时，真城逐渐萎缩，心态索取代替付出。

很多人不懂得珍惜和拥有现有的一切，当失去的时侯却很难承受走出现实。杯子享受温暖的时侯不要忽略自己的保温功能，不应该让水在自己心中冷却......