Sekumpulan orang profesional mengemukakan soalan ini kepada sekumpulan kanak-kanak berumur 4 hingga 8 tahun: "Apakah maksud cinta?"
Jawapan yang mereka dapat adalah lebih luas dan lebih mendalam daripada yang orang boleh bayangkan. Lihat apa yang anda fikirkan...
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"Apabila nenek saya mendapat arthritis, dia tidak boleh membongkok dan mengecat kuku kakinya lagi. Jadi datuk saya melakukannya untuknya sepanjang masa, walaupun tangannya juga mendapat arthritis. Itulah cinta."
Rebecca - umur 8 tahun
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"Apabila seseorang menyayangi anda, cara mereka menyebut nama anda berbeza. Baru anda tahu nama anda selamat di mulut mereka."
Billy - umur 4 tahun
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"Cinta adalah apa yang membuat anda tersenyum apabila anda letih."
Terri - umur 4 tahun
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"Cinta adalah apabila ibu saya membuat kopi untuk ayah saya dan dia menghirup sebelum memberikannya kepadanya, untuk memastikan rasanya OK."
Danny - umur 7 tahun
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"Cinta adalah apabila anda mencium sepanjang masa. Kemudian apabila anda bosan mencium, anda masih mahu bersama dan anda lebih banyak bercakap. Mommy dan Daddy saya begitu. Mereka kelihatan kejam apabila mereka berciuman."
Emily - umur 8 tahun
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"Cinta adalah apa yang ada dalam bilik dengan anda pada Krismas jika anda berhenti membuka hadiah dan mendengar."
Bobby - umur 7 (Wah!)
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"Jika anda ingin belajar mencintai dengan lebih baik, anda harus bermula dengan rakan yang anda benci."
Nikka - umur 6 (kita memerlukan beberapa juta lagi Nikka di planet ini)
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"Cinta adalah apabila anda memberitahu seorang lelaki yang anda suka bajunya, kemudian dia memakainya setiap hari."
Noelle - umur 7 tahun
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"Cinta adalah seperti seorang wanita tua kecil dan seorang lelaki tua kecil yang masih berkawan walaupun setelah mereka mengenali satu sama lain dengan baik."
Tommy - umur 6 tahun
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"Semasa persembahan piano saya, saya berada di atas pentas dan saya takut. Saya melihat semua orang yang memerhati saya dan melihat ayah saya melambai dan tersenyum.
Dia seorang sahaja yang melakukan perkara itu. Saya tidak takut lagi."
Cindy - umur 8 tahun
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"Cinta adalah apabila Mommy memberikan ayah ayam yang terbaik."
Elaine - umur 5 tahun
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"Cinta adalah apabila Mommy melihat Daddy berbau dan berpeluh dan masih mengatakan dia lebih kacak daripada Robert Redford."
Chris - umur 7 tahun
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"Cinta adalah apabila anak anjing anda menjilat muka anda walaupun selepas anda meninggalkannya sendirian sepanjang hari."
Mary Ann - umur 4 tahun
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"Saya tahu kakak saya sayangkan saya kerana dia memberikan saya semua pakaian lamanya dan terpaksa keluar membeli yang baru." (Kini INI adalah cinta!)
Lauren - umur 4
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"Apabila anda mencintai seseorang, bulu mata anda naik dan turun dan bintang-bintang kecil keluar daripada anda." (gambar yang sungguh!)
Karen - umur 7 tahun
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"Cinta adalah apabila Mommy melihat Daddy di tandas dan dia tidak fikir ia keji."
Mark - umur 6
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"Awak memang tak patut cakap 'Saya sayang awak' melainkan awak bersungguh-sungguh. Tapi kalau awak bersungguh-sungguh, awak patut cakap banyak-banyak. Orang lupa."
Jessica - umur 8 tahun
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Dan yang terakhir...
Pengarang dan pensyarah Leo Buscaglia pernah bercakap tentang pertandingan yang dia diminta untuk menilai. Tujuan pertandingan adalah untuk mencari anak yang paling penyayang.
Pemenangnya ialah seorang kanak-kanak berusia empat tahun yang jiran sebelah rumahnya ialah seorang lelaki tua yang baru kehilangan isterinya.
Apabila melihat lelaki itu menangis, budak kecil itu pergi ke halaman rumah lelaki tua itu, naik ke pangkuannya, dan hanya duduk di sana.
Apabila ibunya bertanya apa yang dia katakan kepada jirannya, anak kecil itu berkata,
"Tiada apa-apa 
, saya cuma tolong dia menangis."
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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."
Hi,
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
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