Regan Bartley
Forum Co-Editor
Love invokes curiosity
Ever since I was a young girl, I always dreamed of growing up and living my life like a fairy tale. My perfect life would be snuggled up next to my husband in our log cabin, cozied up next to the crackling fire, and sharing our dreams and aspirations.
When I was in fourth grade however, I witnessed my family split apart due to a bitter divorce. My parents told me just because my dad was moving out of our house did not mean he loved me any less, and it was not my fault. They said everything would work out and would be okay, but they did not mention that our loving family was now destroyed.
Since then, I have always been skeptical of the meaning of true love and never understood the purpose of vowing to love and cherish, ’til death do us part if it is possible to break the promise. This is when I began to wonder if it is possible to be completely happy with one person and stay in love together for a lifetime. Does a special person like this really exist? Is there such thing as a soulmate? I have understood a soulmate to be the one and only person in the world to fit perfectly with another individual.
A soulmate is the one person who can help us see our dreams and hope they come true just as much as we do. I see a soulmate as someone to share our passions with and make us happy for the rest of our lives by being our other half. As I got older and began to dabble in the world of relationships, I have learned there are several important relationships I share with people that grow every day. These are with my friends, family, God, teachers, co-workers, and the everyday stranger, yet I am staggered by the on going curiosity of the ideal mate. I started to believe a soulmate to be not just our one true love, but a person you can feel a soul connection with. I feel that you can have a connection with anyone, whether it is during a passing conversation with a stranger at your local coffee shop, or the feeling of falling in love.
As I have learned more about other beliefs of a soulmate and experienced many myself, I decided a soulmate can be any of these examples. I think we can have many soul connections with people through out our lives. If we feel loved and comfortable to be our complete selves around another being then we have a soul connection. If we can express ourself and show unconditional love towards them. I feel that is the epitome of a soulmate.
We all have the intrinsic desire to connect to another being in such a way, but the journey is made when searching for who it will be. When you find them, you will know. It is just two halves looking to be made a whole.