be open to the world

I met my boyfriend because:
- Three years ago, I took an oil painting class.
- I started an outdoor painting group with some friends I made in the class.
- A year later, a friend I made from the outdoor painting group invited me to a bar crawl. I showed up three hours late.
- At said bar crawl, my friend introduced me to a tall guy. We spent two hours talking about art, kicked off bc he heard I was co-chair of an arts non-profit. I give him my number.
- A few weeks later, tall guys texts me and we start hanging out, often going to the same weekly bike ride.
- [Insert summer romance and crushing break-up here]
- AT THAT SAME BIKE RIDE, I met a bearded guy who had the same bike as me. We became very casual acquaintances.
- Earlier this year, bearded guy messaged me about a drawing I did and asked me out for a beer. I asked him to see a concert with me a few days after that. Then, then, then.
- We are now in love.

I don't know what the future holds, I don't know what will happen to any of us, but I can't get over how leaving my house, doing the things I was interested in, putting myself out there, and being open to whatever and whoever comes up has changed my GOD DAMN LIFE!!!

(applies to friends, jobs, creative pursuits.. anything)