"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.
A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.
A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master..." Elizabeth Gilbert
That is one hell of a way to look at it. I think that might be the closest theory to comfort I have ever come across, it goes well with that whole 'Everything happens for a reason' thing, right?
Ah, that just made me think so, so differently, breathe easy if you will. Maybe that was it... If I can think on a positive track like that, maybe I could finally rid that fucking grimy tar like creature that has suctioned itself like a leach to my heart once and for all. Sorry, got a little heated there. If I look at it from that point of view maybe it wont hurt so bad, it would not have been for nothing. The truth is just that when I was with him everything was so easy. We had it all, the world was in the palm of our hands and time ceased to exist. We showed each other who we really were, raw, crazy, and scared shitless but we did it anyways. He was my mirror as I was his.He once said he never felt so alive in his life. My heart beat in ways I never experienced before, and I felt dead and alive all at the same time. I was just there... Then he was gone.
