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Soul Mate – according to the urban dictionary, this is defined as a person whom we have an instant connection with the moment you meet; a connection so strong you are drawn to them in a way you have never experienced before. As this connection develops over time, you experience a love so deep, strong and complex that you begin to doubt you ever truly loved anyone prior…..

AskMen defines a soul mate as a life partner whom we are in love with; someone with whom we are connected both spiritually and sexually.

Most of my friends do not believe in soul mates. I do. But what differentiates love from a soul mate? Is there a difference?

Love, in my opinion, is a choice. I choose to remain faithful, I choose to speak kindly, I choose to be vulnerable, I choose to spend my life with you. A soul mate is destiny, right? One whom has been chosen for me. I am of the opinion that most of us never meet our soul mate, thus enforcing the belief they do not exist. So I got to thinking, the world as it is today, so easy to miss our soul mate as we are inundated with media portrayals of love, roles, bias and perceptions. Young people today have no appreciation for discretion, sex is just that and love is non-existent. Older adults are marred by past hurts and the push to remain youthful, sexy and beautiful. What we look for or think we need is not in line with what our hearts speak to us therefore if our soul mate was to walk by, he or she would likely go unnoticed. We might be surprised at who we are destined to be with, I know I was.! Id seen him a few times in passing, barely spoke, then one day, out of the blue he asks me to lunch. I was surprised not at his asking but that I accepted. He was not typical of the men I gravitated towards. But as we talked during lunch, I knew, right then, he was my soul mate. Let me just say, it was the strangest feeling ever. I honestly thought I was not thinking right, what would people say? I could hear it now, Ang, seriously, slow your roll, he is just another man who said nice things to you. The real man will show up in a few months and so on. Guess what? I met the real man at lunch, it has been about four months now and he is as he was at the genesis of our relationship. When we began spending serious time together I kept saying to him, I know you from somewhere, have we met? He just smiled and said nope. We are soul mates, our souls know each other. (He thought I would be scared off, but he told me right away after our first meeting that I was his soul mate, I, on the other hand, had much less courage to say what I felt until some time after)

So I am one of a few who has been blessed to meet my soul mate. My destiny set before me and I choose to love him, honor him and remain by his side as it was always meant to be.

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