What is love? What do children think what love is?

That is sweet....young children seem to have this instinctive knowingness of what love is really about. As they get older and get lost in fulfilling personal desires in connection with this exterior world that is somehow often lost unless the child is awake spiritually by the blessing of the source of all Love

(God, الله سبحانه و تعالى) and insha'allah do not get lost in the abyss of self (ego)-absorption.

I would go with that last one too...that is touching :)

Thanks for sharing that..

Love Me 2 Times

The little boy who helped his neighbor cry is my favorite. He wasn't trying to fix anything. He just gave the man what he needed and what the boy was able to give.

Love has changed for me in the last few years. I came to realize that I expected love on my terms. I had my own definition and if people didn't live up to it, I was disappointed. There are a lot of disappointed people out there, when it comes to love. Everybody is looking for validation from others and when they get it, they feel loved. The problem is that no one is going to validate you 100% of the time. Humans have their own ideas about how things are and how they should be. So sooner or later, someone you love is not going to give you what you want from them, so then you feel unloved.

What I have learned in the last couple of years is that I have to love and forgive myself and be the change I want in my life. If my husband and family don't support me or don't understand what I'm trying to achieve, it doesn't mean they don't love me. It means that they think differently and as long as they don't hinder my growth, I have no problem with differing opinions.

I used to give all of my time, energy and a lot of money to anybody who even looked like they needed help. The problem was that I wanted them to be grateful for what I was doing. But the problem is that many people will take your gifts and not be greatful. I learned that there is a balance in life. Now I only give with no expectations. If I can't give without strings, then I don't give. I have learned to say no and value my time and energy because it is precious. I had to loose my health in order to see how valuable my life is to me. So, while loving others is a virtue, loving yourself is divine.

This is the most profound of all God's blessings.

This is a beautifully presented question.

I loved the last child's description of love.

Children's hearts are pure, innocent of the negative in this world.

Their love is genuine.

This is one reason why I have six children.

The other reason is because the lord saw to bless me with them.

I love children! :D

I remembered this last night before falling asleep.

The homeless man in Toowong, there where two actually.

Tim was the original.

A friend told me when she was six, on her way too school she would throw her lunch to him from her Dads passing car.

She had to be sneaky because she would get in trouble if she got caught.

That reflects I feel what we are talking about, she would gladly go hungry for a stranger at that age, such empathy.

If children start to think of Love, Love will be crippled in time to what is known currently...

All of these answers are love according to ones perception to love. They are all reflections of the Supreme Love, which one must put that love in the center of all loving relationships for love to actually be love. Other wise it is not exactly love but it is a reflexion of it.. based on I me and my and extensions of the ego. When one sees everyone and every thing in relationship to God Creator, also Known as Krishna, Allah, Jehovah, Vishnu, Rama, etc. And one realizes we are all part of Him and every living being is interrelated to the Divine. Then we can actually love. Without this aspect of God in the center, love is actually based on sense perception and gratification of mind and senses and can not actually be pure. but no doubt all Ideas of love are a Reflection of the original Love.. as that is where it originates.

Thank you so much. Divine Love to you!

I like this best:

If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate. -- Nikka, age 6

It seems children are not tainted yet. They really don't define Love as much as they recognize it & Live it.

Is there no doubt why it is said we must become like little children?

Thanks for the beautiful story!

Blessings!

Is that supposed to make me cry? Because I did. Kids are deep. I like the little boy who helped the old man cry. It's beautiful to see how people show love, especially when they need it most. But I relate to 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

I know that exact feeling.

for most children love is much more purer than it is when you have gotten older. as we get older we constrict our views about love and everything. children are much more open to it as most of them have not learned the hard lessons of life. the ones that remind us that trust can betrayed, people die that you love, and that human relationships are complicated. when we are children things are more simpler and are black in white. age adds the shades of gray.

love is when you feel like that child you used to be. you trust them, you forgive them, and you just want to be with them with all your heart. you are as open as the day you were born.