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  • Essay / Love: Now on mute - 527

    You're checking out a book at the library, choosing items at the grocery store, or walking in the park, and an assistant, shopper, or dog walker catches your eye. It's happened to all of us, you notice someone, and when you have the opportunity to start a conversation, you turn it down. Even if you see the same person again, your worries get the better of you. It seems like you've seen that dazzling smile a million times before. This all makes sense; you almost rehearse what you want to say in your head as you approach them, and the best you can do is wave your hand awkwardly or show a disappointed half-smile. If more people could understand how hard it is to get a second chance, that things don't always fall into place and that sometimes it's too late to get what you want, that kind of situation Wouldn't be a problem for us. much longer. If everyone stopped expressing their emotions and kept their thoughts to themselves, what would happen to all the spontaneity and romance? There would be no love stories or stories with a climax, real....