ある専門家グループが 4 歳から 8 歳の子供たちに次のような質問をしました。「愛とは何を意味するのか?」
彼らが得た答えは、誰も想像できなかったほど幅広く深いものでした。どう思われますか？
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「祖母が関節炎になってから、かがんで足の爪にマニキュアを塗ることができなくなりました。だから祖父はいつも祖母のためにマニキュアを塗ってくれます。自分の手も関節炎になっても。まさに愛ですね。」
レベッカ - 8歳
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「誰かがあなたを愛しているとき、あなたの名前の呼び方は変わります。その人があなたの名前を口にすれば、あなたの名前は安全だと分かります。」
ビリー - 4歳
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「愛とは、疲れているときに笑顔にしてくれるものである。」
テリ - 4歳
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「ママがパパにコーヒーを入れて、パパに渡す前に一口飲んで、味が大丈夫かどうか確認するのが愛よ。」
ダニー - 7歳
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「愛って、ずっとキスし続けること。キスに飽きても、まだ一緒にいたいと思って、もっと話すこと。うちのママとパパもそう。キスする時は気持ち悪いくらい気持ち悪い。」
エミリー - 8歳
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「愛とは、クリスマスにプレゼントを開けるのをやめて耳を傾ければ、あなたの部屋の中にあるものなのです。」
ボビー - 7歳 (すごい!)
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「もっと良い愛し方を学びたいなら、嫌いな友達から始めるべきだ。」
ニッカ - 6歳（地球上にはニッカがあと数百万匹必要だ）
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「愛とは、あなたが彼のシャツを好きだと言ったら、彼が毎日それを着てくれることです。」
ノエル - 7歳
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「愛とは、お互いをよく知った後もまだ友達である小さな老女と小さな老人のようなものです。」
トミー - 6歳
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「ピアノの発表会の時、ステージの上に立っていたんだけど、すごく怖かった。見てくれていたみんなに目をやると、お父さんが手を振って笑っていたのが見えたの。
そんなことをしてたのは彼だけだった。もう怖くなかった」
シンディ - 8歳
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「愛とはママがパパに最高のチキンをあげることよ。」
エレイン - 5歳
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「愛とは、ママがパパが臭くて汗をかいているのを見ても、ロバート・レッドフォードよりハンサムだと言うことです。」
クリス - 7歳
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「愛とは、一日中放っておいても子犬があなたの顔を舐めてくれることです。」
メアリー・アン - 4歳
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「お姉ちゃんは古着を全部私にくれて、新しい服を買いに行かないといけないから、私のことが好きって分かるの。」（これこそ愛！）
ローレン - 4歳
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「誰かを愛すると、まつげが上下し、小さな星が体から出てきます。」（なんてイメージでしょう！）
カレン - 7歳
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「ママがパパがトイレにいるのを見て、気持ち悪いと思わないことが愛よ。」
マーク - 6歳
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「本当に心から愛しているのに、そう思わないなら『愛している』なんて言うべきじゃない。でも、本当にそう思っているなら、たくさん言うべきだ。みんな忘れちゃうから。」
ジェシカ - 8歳
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そして最後は…
作家であり講演家でもあるレオ・ブスカグリアは、かつて審査員を依頼されたコンテストについて語りました。そのコンテストの目的は、最も思いやりのある子供を見つけることでした。
優勝者は4歳の子供で、その子供の隣には最近妻を亡くした年配の男性が住んでいました。
男の人が泣いているのを見て、小さな男の子は老人の家の庭に行き、老人の膝の上に登って、そこにただ座っていました。
母親が隣人に何と言ったのか尋ねると、少年はこう答えました。
"何もない
私はただ彼が泣くのを手伝っただけです。」
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" You don't SPELL love, silly,
You FEEL It"
Pooh bear to piglet
Need a printout of it. Printout
"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
Who were the "group of professional people"?
When you know your not.
It means your not worthy of being in someone's arms, and feeling at "home" forever!
But no kids said any of that this whole thing is made up. Give me a break.
Love is seeing someone at their worst and still thinking, "Damn. I get to be apart of this person's life, what a blessing."
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Who is the original author?
love is when you help someone wether they need it or not by the way im 9
Im 11 love is when you get in a fight but you forgive each other and resolve the problem together
Lucy, age 9
Love is when Mommy cleans up our messes.
And Love is beautiful onece you
get used to it! Like everybody loves
each other. We're all like one big family
that Christ created together! I love love! :)
Nice, but disturbing!
How does Bobby know so much?!
well this was disturbing and fun to look at at the same time.i have to say these kids really understand it.not the toilet talk though.on second thought, i really like it
So beautiful! Truly made my day and I am inspired to spread more love around. When I asked the same question to my eight year old, her answer was, when one person gives happiness to another, it is love. Cheers! Anjana
Children know love before they are born, I think... from there, they are nurtured (hopefully) and they love as they have observed "love". Parents are vital in this role. People in their lives who have substance and good character will rub off on little kids and they will run with that and grow! Sometimes, it is under tragic circumstances that a child must learn LOVE on their own, and it's tricky because environment and resources (or lack thereof) can mean the difference between an opportunity to shine, or to fall to a bad way of life. Either way, I firmly believe that angels are always around to guide them...
Love was feeling a thrill every night when my husband walked in the house when he came home from work.
Love is a holy God who became sin for me. Who loved me even though he knew I'd deny Him.
http://youtu.be/zi1siwA5EO8
Suffer the little children to come unto me. EXCEPT you become like one of these, you shall not see the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amen
Maranatha
It's a many splendored thing... And amazing. Love this...
Love is when you're going to the grocery store for milk and orange juice and you ask if there is something else you want me to get.
The absolute best article I have read in a long time.
At the end of the final one I burst onto laughing tears of joy.
Love is being able to see through a person's faults and still accepting them unconditionally for the goodness in them.
Love: When the happiness and well being of another is more important than your own.
I thought love was never having to say you're sorry.
Love is Christ. Then, and only then, love can be 'felt'. Little ones love because they are
inanely beloved of Christ...come to me as little children...trusting, forgiving, hopeful,
We all need to hear what God does and hear what little children hear and see. I am
as an old woman still learning. Are we ever to old (or harmed) to learn from the babes?
No!
love is when you feel somthing special for somebody or when theirs a special place in your heart for him/her
When I was a young teenager, my best friend's father took his own life. When I asked my mother what I should do, she said "Just go sit with him." I did. No words were necessary.
Such wisdom, beauty and courage!
Love is Evol backwards. Love is to evolve. Love will bring change in a person's heart.
Out of the mouth of babes......
Wow, that's great. Thanks for sharing about “What Does Love
Mean? See How 4-8 Year-Old Kids Describe Love”. I enjoyed reading your post
and I like your take on the issue. Thanks.
love begin from the smile we see around who is she / he ? , that i believe are we friends when ever its a smile bring loves between us.
love isbeing there for a person,loving without limit and accepting the weaknesses
for me, love is when i stand up behind the window waiting you, every day at 5 pm.
Love this! I occasionally work with children in my congregation and every single time I am amazed with their responses. I feel that love "means" nothing, it is a feeling beyond description. It puts the soul at real peace. The outcome, of course is harmony and joy!
when you're so happy and contented while helping others,that's love..
Everyday is a happy day. SMILING to everybody; strangers or not strangers. This is love means to me - Contagious.
this is great and powerful. Love is everything. it's a good thing to love
love is a word which as magic of changing the word starting with the same letter that is life
Love is when my teacher told me after class that I got the best grade, just to make me smile.
To me Love is when you would give your Life for someone,knowing that He or She would do the same for you.
Caring with special style with all the emotions focused therein at that moment is really a true feeling of love
Giving unconditional love without expecting anything whatsoever in return
Does anyone know what love is? if we did, why do we cry when we see the person we love with us, and when they're not?
Love is seeing past a person's mistakes or misgiving and only being aware of their innocence.
LOVE MEANS CONSIDERING OTHER AS YOU CONSIDER YOUR SELF
Love is when you leave something but keeps on going back over again whatever it takes
For me, Love is when you love yourself, and pass the love to others the kind of love you have.
LOVE MEANS TO ME NOT BEING JUGDMENTAL OF ANYONE, BEING ABLE TO ACCEPT ON FOR WHO THEY ARE AND LEARNING HOW TO ACCEPT THEM. NO ONE WAS CREATED TO BE PERFECT. LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY
caring and sharing,