Topic > Love: Now Comes Silently - 527

You are checking out a book in the library, choosing some products at the supermarket or taking a walk in the park and some assistant, shopper or dog walker catches your eye. It's happened to all of us, you notice someone and when you have the chance to start a conversation, you turn it down. Even if you happen to see the same person again, your worries get the better of you. It seems like you've seen that charming smile a million times before. It all makes sense; you almost rehearse the lines of what to say in your head as you approach them, and the best you can do is wave your hand awkwardly or flash a disappointed half-smile. If more people could understand how difficult it is to get a second chance, how things don't always fall into place and sometimes it's too late to get what you want, these types of situations wouldn't be a problem for much longer. If everyone stopped expressing their emotions and kept their thoughts to themselves, what would happen to all that spontaneity and romance? There would be no love story or any story with a climax, a real one...