--Auguries of Innocence, by William Blake
born May 14
Caught Sex & the City yesternight - it was meaningful, in more ways than one. So when I read this particular e-mail, I felt pretty bowled over by some of the content. Especially especially especially the first one:
I got a forwarded e-mail, citing quotes from children aged 4 to 8. These were based on their answers to the question: "What does Love mean?". And here're my favourites, in order of priority too! ^^
1) 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.
2) When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.
3) If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.
Love is...
1) What's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.
2) When you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more.
3) When you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.
4) When a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.
5) What makes you smile when you're tired.
6) When your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.
7) When you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.
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'
a touch of sweetness in the simplest, even silly, things~ =)