Love Is Foolish?

Recently I just did my English Listening & Speaking presentation,
Where we had to present argumentative speech on topic of our choice.
I picked 'Love is Foolish', and I dare say, by far, this is the best piece I've done.

Because there are girls close to tears as I ended my speech.
Pretty awesome eh?
Just posting it up to be shared with everyone.

" There's this song that goes something like this,
"Wise man says, Only fools rush in,
But I can't help falling in love,
Falling in love with you."

Love is everywhere. Love bonds a mother to her children, bonds a man to a woman, bonds a stranger to another stranger, and bonds a human to a non-human.
Love has built a kingdom, love has destroyed a kingdom.
Love has caused death, love has caused life.
Love blinds, love opens the eyes. Love, love, love.
That was how powerful love is. So much has been said and told about love.

The good, the bad and the ugly side of love. Have we talked enough about love? We keep going on and on about love. Because, frankly speaking, no one is ever sick of love.
We all need this thing called love.
And then, one day, this particular saying existed, " Love is foolish."
Is love foolish, ladies and gentlemen?
To me, I strongly believe that love is not foolish.

Love is what that makes the world go round. This is why love is not foolish.
The fact is, love is unavoidable as it is everywhere. Love is the essence of living itself; love is the essence of the world.
There is more to love than just between a male and a female;
You may be emotionally detached but no one can deny the fact that there has to be at least a cell of love in that person's body; if not for anyone, but at least for oneself?

To quote an English poet, "He who never love, never lived."
This shows the significance of love in our lives, as love resembles a part of who we are today.
Therefore, how can love be foolish if it is there, as a part of us. No matter how hard we try sometimes, we simply cannot rub off the fact that we do need love to go on with life.
All I'm saying is that if we say this thing called love – that has been a part of our life, throughout these living years – as foolish, what would that make you and I, ladies and gentlemen, fools?
Ponder upon that for a moment.

Moving on to my second point as to why love is not foolish.
Love is not foolish because it is not love's fault at the first place that things turn out the way they are.
We see tragic love stories of the past such as Romeo and Juliet that took their own life at the age of 14 in the name of love.
We heard of how Cleopatra ended her majestic life, all in the name of love.
These people may be stupid to end their lives in the name of love, but think again, ladies and gentlemen,
How is it so that these stupid acts of fools in the name of love be given the right to tarnish the food name of love?
We should all step back and see that some things are meant to turn out the way they did.

Some turned out good, some do not. But this is how the world goes around. We have to lose something for something else to be gained, be it in love or life.
After all, love is not foolish as some might have claimed because love itself is the ultimate power.
We are the living witness of great things the world can do in the name of love.
We are the living proofs of how our mothers' will to risk their lives for the sake of bringing us into this world.
We've seen a man giving away his hard-earned money to the needy ones.
All of these deeds are done in the name of love.

Not only that, there are great artworks and pieces made in the name of love. Let me name some, people like William Shakespeare with his hundreds of sonnets and Elvis Presley with his last-through-the-test-of-time love songs.

Love is indeed so powerful and strong because of love, our Prophet Muhammad saw has prayed at his death bed for all the pain of death inflicted on his people be borne on him,
For he could not stand the thought of having his people suffer so much pain.
There is no doubt that people tend to be very blinded by love.
So much so to the extent that they make mistakes that they regret later in the future.
Love has blinded them so badly that they fail to see beyond their loved ones and made them forget about themselves.
The cause of living has diverted from living for oneself to living for the loved one; which proves that love is foolish.

However, I still have to disagree with the statement that love is foolish. This is simply due to the fact that it is the people that make the mistakes. The fact is that love does not screw up because love is incapable of screwing someone's life.

Love is a natural entity that does not take side nor affect you in any way.

It boils down to how we acted upon love and how we behave around it that truly determines the definition of love in one's perspective.
Of course there are tragic love stories, but then again, not every love story ends tragically and not everyone has tragic love ending.

It is all up to us and how we act, which truly matters when it comes to love.

All in all, love is there in all of us. Love is the essence of life.
Both you and I cannot deny love or run away from it because it is a part of us.
If only we all could throw away the hatred towards love, the past heart breaks and the tragic relationships of the past,
And allow love to be given the chance of being looked at from a perspective free from judgment and stereotypes, maybe then we can see how great love can be; and how lucky we are to feel it.

Sometimes, bitter experiences of the past forces us to perceive love as of it is an evil feeling to have. Therefore, I suggest we give love a chance of being seen through eyes free from judgments and prejudice. Again, I would like to emphasize that love is not foolish."

Thank you.