Love isn’t a bond, it’s a force. It moves, it heals, it draws people together without holding them rigidly. In a world built to separate us, love is the strongest energy in the universe. How do we let it flow?

A lightweight Weekly Questions system that boosts engagement by collecting member reflections and surfacing trends. Frontend uses HTML, Tailwind, and JS to randomly serve five JSON-backed questions and submit answers via API. A Rust (Actix Web, Diesel, SQLite) backend stores responses and updates summaries. Grouped answers (at least three) are summarized by OpenAI and shown on the page. Built with solid JSON and error handling and modular components; ready for auth, analytics, and richer questions.

This essay explores the paradox of taking up more space while softening edges—expanding presence without domination or judgment. It traces the learned habit of shrinking to belong, reframes power as aliveness rather than opposition, and examines judgment as a defense. Practical tools—breath and body awareness, relational steadiness, and reflective inquiry—support boundaries that are permeable yet clear, concluding with selfhood as an inviting, coherent openness.