What is love?

Just read a lovely poem on it. Thought will share with all of you and get your comments on it too!


What is love?

No words can define it-

It is something so great,

Only God could design it...

It's ever enduring and patient,

and kind-

It judges all things with the heart,

Not the mind.

i saw bits and pieces of "in her shoes" the other day, and one character read to another this wonderful ee cummings poem:


i carry your heart with me





i carry your heart with me(i carry it in

my heart)i am never without it(anywhere

i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done

by only me is your doing,my darling)

i fear

no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want

no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)

and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant

and whatever a sun will always sing is you


here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows

higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart


i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

if you ask me what is love.


love is you.

that's deep....

I remember that poem as well, VOR. I liked it. Thanks for posting it here.

someday i'd like to be able to read that poem to someone. with all my heart. :-)

A friend of mine downloaded a song for his wife and told that when he heard it, he immediately thought of her and it was the truest sentiment he had ever heard in a song.


Ben Folds Lyrics

The Luckiest


I don't get many things right the first time

In fact, I am told that a lot

Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls

Brought me here


And where was I before the day

That I first saw your lovely face?

Now I see it everyday

And I know


That I am

I am

I am

The luckiest


What if I'd been born fifty years before you

In a house on a street where you lived?

Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike

Would I know?


And in a white sea of eyes

I see one pair that I recognize

And I know


That I am

I am

I am

The luckiest


I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you


Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties

And one day passed away in his sleep

And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days

And passed away


I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong

That I know


That I am

I am

I am

The luckiest

Thanks for sharing! IT's good to know others have similar feelings!

Love is giving, sharing and caring.

True love is unconditional.

voiceofreason, ee cummings is one of my favorite poets. i love the verse you posted. dollysilk: very true. it's hard to find thought, isn't it and hard to BE unconditional in the love we show...

zonked, if you do a search you'll see that the question 'what is love' has already been posed - and the meaning revealed ad nauseum - in previous posts.

It's sad to think love doesn't seem to come my way... even though I believe what love is...

Love is something you give. Without any condition

Aulelei, i think i know the kids' answers you are talking about...there's one version here: http://www.wilk4.com/humor/humorm183.htm


...but this one is funnier. an oldie but goodie -makes for nice sunday morning reading :-)


http://www.speech.kth.se/~olov/love.html


WHAT IS LOVE?

Kids' answers when surveyed about love...


How do people in love typically behave?


"When a person gets kissed for the first time, they fall down and they don't get up for at least an hour." - Wendy, age 8


Concerning why love happens between two people


"One of the people has freckles and so he finds somebody else who has freckles too." - Andrew, age 6


"No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell ... That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular." - Mae, age 9


"I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful." - Manuel, age 8


On what falling in love is like


"Like an avalanche where you have to run for your life." - John, age 9


"If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't want to do it. It takes too long." - Glenn, age 7


On what the proper age to get married is


"Eighty-four, Because at that age, you don't have to work anymore,and you can spend all your time loving each other in your bedroom." - Judy, age 8


"Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife" - Tom, age 5


On what most people do on a date


"On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date." - Mike, age 10


When is it OK to kiss someone?


"It's never okay to kiss a boy. They always slobber all over you...That's why I stopped doing it." - Jean, age 10


"You should never kiss a girl unless you have enough bucks to buy her a big ring and her own VCR, 'cause she'll want to have videos of the wedding." - Jim, age 10


"Never kiss in front of other people. It's a big embarrassing thing if anybody sees you. But if nobody sees you, I might be willing to try it with a handsome boy, but just for a few hours. - Kally, age 9


"When they're rich." - Pam, age 7


"If it's your mother, you can kiss her anytime. But if it's a new person, you have to ask permission." - Roger, age 6


"I look at kissing like this: Kissing is fine if you like it, but it's a free country and nobody should be forced to do it."


The great debate: Is it better to be single or married?


"It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need somebody to clean up after them" - Lynette, age 9


"It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble." - Kenny, age 7


On the role of beauty and handsomeness in love


"If you want to be loved by somebody who isn't already in your family, it doesn't hurt to be beautiful." - Anita, age 8


"It isn't always just how you look. Look at me. I'm handsome like anything and I haven't got anybody to marry me yet." - Brian, age 7


"Beauty is skin deep. But how rich you are can last a long time." - Christine, age 9


Reflections on the nature of love


"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." - Greg, age 8


How do people in love behave?


"Mooshy ... like puppy dogs ... except puppy dogs don't wag their tails nearly as much." - Arnold, age 10


"All of a sudden, the people get movies fever so they can sit together in the dark." - Sherm, age 8


Concerning why lovers often hold hands


"They want to make sure their rings don't fall off because they paid good money for them." - Gavin, age 8


"They are just practicing for when they might have to walk down the aisle someday and do the holy matchimony thing." - John, age 9


Confidential opinions about love


"I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when 'Dinosaurs' is on television." - Jill, age 6


"Love is foolish ... but I still might try it sometime." - Floyd, age 9


"Yesterday I kissed a girl in a private place ... We were behind a tree." - Carey, age 7


"Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I been trying to hide from it since I was five, but the girls keep finding me." - Dave, age 8


"I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade hard enough." - Regina, age 10


The personal qualities you need to have in order to be a good lover


"Sensitivity don't hurt." - Robbie, age 8


"One of you should know how to write a check. Because, even if you have tons of love, there is still going to be a lot of bills." - Ava, age 8


Some surefire ways to make a person fall in love with you


"Tell them that you own a whole bunch of candy stores." - Del, age 6


"Shake your hips and hope for the best." - Camille, age 9


"Yell out that you love them at the top of your lungs ... and don't worry if their parents are right there." - Manuel, age 8


"Don't do things like have smelly, green sneakers. You might get attention, but attention ain't the same thing as love." - Alonzo, age 9


"One way is to take the girl out to eat. Make sure it's something she likes to eat. French fries usually works for me." - Bart, age 9


How can you tell if two adults eating dinner at a restaurant are in love?


"Just see if the man picks up the check. That's how you can tell if he's in love." - Bobby, age 9


"Lovers will just be staring at each other and their food will get cold... Other people care more about the food." - Bart, age 9


"Romantic adults usually are all dressed up, so if they are just wearing jeans it might mean they used to go out or they just broke up." - Sarah, age 9


"See if the man has lipstick on his face." - Sandra, age 7


"It's love if they order one of those desserts that are on fire. They like to order those because it's just like how their hearts are --- on fire." - Christine, age 9


What most people are thinking when they say "I love you"


"The person is thinking: Yeah, I really do love him. But I hope he showers at least once a day." - Michelle, age 9


"Some lovers might be real nervous, so they are glad that they finally got it out and said it and now they can go eat." - Dick, age 7


How was kissing invented?


"I know one reason that kissing was created. It makes you feel warm all over, and they didn't always have electric heat or fireplaces or even stoves in their houses." - Gina, age 8


How a person learns to kiss


"You can have a big rehearsal with your Barbie and Ken dolls." - Julia, age 7


"You learn it right on the spot when the gooshy feelings get the best of you." - Brian, age 7


"It might help to watch soap operas all day." - Carin, age 9


How to make love endure


"Spend most of your time loving instead of going to work." - Dick, age 7


"Don't forget your wife's name ... That will mess up the love." - Erin, age 8


"Be a good kisser. It might make your wife forget that you never take out the trash." - Dave, age 8


"Don't say you love somebody and then change your mind ... Love isn't like picking what movie you want to watch." - Natalie, age 9