A person can become important to your life on a day that began completely unremarkably.

The people who become central to your life almost never arrive announced. The day begins as any other, you nearly do not go, and the meeting that reshapes years happens in the middle of something forgettable. There is no signal beforehand, which is exactly why the important connections are so often nearly missed.

Since you cannot spot them in advance, the practical move is to keep saying yes to ordinary things, the event you would rather skip, the conversation with someone new. You are not looking for anything. You are just staying in the range of a possibility you cannot predict.