soul mates, love, eternity

We all have a soul mate. Actually, we have many soul mates. Every single one of us has kindred souls we attract into our lives time and time again. And we go through the gamut of relationships with them. Father and son in Japan in the 1400s, best friends in Poland during WWII, sisters in China in the 1900s, husband and wife in Egypt in 500BC. And with each life and each incarnation we recognise each other because the heart never forgets. And no, not the itsy bitsy little heart that gives way every 80 years or so. I mean the heart of the soul. The core of your very soul will never forget a loved one. And regardless of whether you meet them in this life as father, friend or child, their eyes will be the giveaway. You'll spend hours staring hopelessly in those eyes wondering where you've seen them before, pondering why they seem so familiar all too soon. 

When that happens, when you've exhausted every connection you can think of, and still haven't come up with an answer to "where do I know him/her from?" here's what you do.

Close your eyes, picture yourself in a long corridor with doors all around you. Breathe deeply and open whichever doors beckons. Look at the eyes of the person behind that door, and you'll know how you know who your soul family is. And while you're rejoicing in the love of your soul family, spare a moment to really look around. Have you spotted him or her? The one. You know who I mean. The love of your life. The love of all your lives. The one who's eyes have that special glow when mirrored against yours. The one who has a light shining above his left shoulder. Your soul mate. Your primary soul mate.

I've had a million friends ask how they'd ever know if the person they were with was "the one" or not. Fact is, if they have to ask that question, they still haven't bumped into their soul mate yet. For once you meet, nothing in the world could keep you apart. A soul knows what a soul knows. And when it finds its better half, the chemistry turns to magic and love fills every nook and corner of their lives. Finding your soul mate is achieving one of the biggest goals of this life. For what is a life without love? What is a world without love? Where would our little universe be if it wasn't for love? Love is all there really is. Love is all there ever was. And love is all there ever will be. It's the only constant in our otherwise ever-changing world. So the day you find your soul mate, thank every single power there is, smile at every single person you see, sing life's song, dance its dance, because at the end of the day, life really is worth living. And love really is worth risking it all for.