How Letting Go of Expectations Allowed for My Love Story to Blossom
A story of boy meets girl — of the universe coming together and magic unfolding.
There is nothing more vulnerable than to allow oneself to love another. For me, as a teen and young adult, I lived by those words although I will admit to knowing nothing about vulnerability at that time. I loved freely and often. However, most of my love pursuits would often fall short. While they were not without their moments, this led to an ounce of fear mixed in with each romantic venture— I often expected to be let down and more often than not, this became a self-fulfilling prophecy. That is until I decided to throw all caution to the winds and to give my whole heart out without expecting anything back.
I still remember the moment I saw her. It may have been one curated by events way outside of my control or at least that is how it felt based on the preluding moments. That night, I was at the ROM night live — a yearly and eclectic event set up in Royal Ontario Museum where the whole of its 5 floors turn into a night club and a raver’s dream journey into the wonders of history. After hours of running around on a scavenger hunt that took us through the Jurassic era all the way to ancient Rome, I found myself dancing away on the main floor amongst 200 other odd souls —…
