In a toastmaster meeting a few days ago, the table topic master asked the following question: do you believe in falling in love at first sight? A toastmaster veteran gave a very interesting impromptu speech. Here I just try to remember it as precise as possible…
Love is a four letter word: l, o, v, e, but it’s not that simple. A few other four letter words also start with L, and we need to pay attention to. One is lust; one is like; one is love; and one is life. They represent different stages of emotions. When you talk about falling in love at first glance, that is probably just lust. As some of you have said, it is some chemistry inside your body. When you know that person a little bit more, you may like, very like that person. If you go one step further, you may fall in love. And if you are fortunate enough, you may have a life.
Everyone of you have at least gone through some of the stages. I, was fortunate enough to experience a few of the stages: lust, like, love. Unfortunately, I have not yet experienced the stage of life. But I’m still young, I still have chance. And I’m waiting for my moments to come.
(and she’s in her 60s or 70s…)