It is easy to live inside a small circle.
Same routes, same people, same stories about who you are.
That can feel safe, but it can also make life flat.
Nothing new gets in.
Nothing unexpected can happen.
The old pattern is to protect yourself from discomfort at all costs.
You stay in what you already know.
You say no before you even check how your body actually feels about it.
Openness is not saying yes to everything.
It is saying yes to being a little less certain.
Letting reality be bigger than your usual script.
New experiences do not have to be huge.
A different kind of music.
A conversation with someone outside your usual circle.
Trying a practice you once dismissed.
Your brain loves novelty in small doses.
It wakes up different circuits.
It reminds you that you have more range than you think.
Love, here, is giving yourself permission to be changed by life.
To be surprised by what actually nourishes you now.