I remember the first time I fell in love. Under my feet I could feel that familiar fuzzy blue floor and even though I was surrounded by laughing, yelling, chatting children I could hear absolutely nothing. You know that feeling when you know the exact moment you are living is one that you want to remember every little detail about; your surroundings, the people you see and more importantly, how you feel? The day I fell in love with gymnastics was the most ambivalent time I can remember because it made me feel powerful and important but at the same time it made me feel vulnerable that I could loose it. This moment of weakness is uniform to the way Topaz felt at the moment she was holding hands with Mr William Sandbach and realizing that the sensation that flooded her was "the very passion of love". At this pivotal moment, Mr. Sandbach, had become her greatest weakness. It was the only moment when, for once, she was not the large personality in the room or the center of attention, because Mr. Sandbach was the only thing in her world. Topaz was plain, silent, and vulnerable for the first and only time in her long life. Just as realizing my love for gymnastics was a pivotal moment in my life, Topaz's experience with love made her and the reader realize that despite her overwhelming optimism, she too, could have her happiness greatly affected by the thing she loved the most.
-Sydney Boucher
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I agree with your thought. In a relationship, most women are more emotional than men when arguments occur (no matter how optimistic that woman is). If a woman falls in love with a man, it seems like two of them are the only human beings in the whole universe because she is so focus that she might neglects her surrounding and the people who loved her (ie. family or friends). Therefore, when the relationship starts to break apart, even with the optimistic woman like Topaz, her happiness can be “greatly affected by the thing she loved the most” (Boucher). On the other side, men tend to keep their emotions inside their heart because they have to act to be strong and masculine.
Speaking of falling in love, I fell in love with the ocean 10 years back. It may sound cheesy but everything about it fascinates me. Swimming with dolphins in Hawaii definately motivated me even more to get into university and study marine biology.
I think that the more we love something, the more we will be scared to lose it. However, as cliche as it may seem, when we have something we often take it for granted. It is not until we lose it that we realize how much we want it, need it, can't live without it. Sometimes the human heart can be a beating contradiction.
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