to be curious

“keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable” Mary oliver

We’re told to think positively, to focus on what we want so it can find its way to us. We’re taught to manage our expectations - to be careful not to want too much, or we might end up let down.

But what if we began with curiosity?

Not expecting the world to meet us in a certain way.
Not demanding that things go right.
But simply allowing the idea that anything could happen. Waking up not with fear, dread, or even excitement - but with the quiet openness that something different might take place. Something unexpected. something that surprises us completely

To be curious is to open.
To wonder. To discover

to life, to possibility. to be available to what life brings - not just the good, but all of it.
To other perspectives. To uncertainty.
To the possibility that things may go wrong, fall apart, or hurt - but also that something beautiful, wild, unplanned could unfold in its place.

Sometimes we’re given lessons we never wanted.
Other times, something beyond our wildest imagination happens and changes everything. Let the world stay big. Let yourself explore it. Travel through it. Learn about its beauty.

To start with curiosity is to meet the moment differently. When we get curious, we loosen our grip on how things should be.
We start to believe we can meet whatever comes . We stop trying to control it all and start trusting that we’ll be okay - even if the outcome is unknown.

You might begin with a sense of curiosity, and the days may unfold just like before - or maybe they won’t.
that familiar loneliness might return - or it might not. The joy you hoped for may not appear - but something unexpected might take its place.
Curiosity invites us to step into the unknown with trust rather than fear. It creates space for anything to arise - not just the good, but the full spectrum of experience.
It quiets the fear that we can’t handle what’s ahead, and instead welcomes openness, trust, and the possibility of change. And with that, we begin to believe we can handle whatever comes. Curiosity removes some of the fear, some of the doubt. It replaces it with a quiet allowance.

But here’s the thing: curiosity is beautiful, yes - but it isn’t always easy. It requires inner trust. It asks you to believe you’ll be okay, even when things don’t go the way you hoped. It’s not just about being open to the positive. It’s about knowing that the uncomfortable might arrive too - and still choosing to stay open.

That’s where the real work begins. It means building a mindset that can hold life’s ups and downs. That allows you to be curious without needing certainty. It’s a practice. It takes discipline. A discipline in how you see the world, and how you move through it.

Because you can’t truly be curious if you're numbing, if you're lost in distraction or buried in your phone. Curiosity asks presence. It asks you to be here - with your emotions, with your discomfort, with your joy, with the beauty that shows up in small, strange ways.

This is the quiet strength of a curious life.
Not perfect. Not always easy. But alive.

To be curious is to allow life to unfold.
To let wonder guide you, and wisdom meet you in the unknown.

Let curiosity be your way in.
Let that be enough.