I manifest love.

Wanting love changes small logistics long before it changes anything large. Whether you go out on a cold Wednesday when the sofa has already won. Whether you reply properly or send the one-word answer that closes a door politely.

Nothing arrives to a life with no room in it. People who find love late tend to describe the same unglamorous turn — they started saying yes to ordinary evenings, choir practice, a colleague's leaving drinks, a walking group they felt slightly too old for. Love is not summoned across a distance. It has to be able to reach you where you actually are.