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Real Soulmates
I’ve been doing a lot of traveling and searching lately. On my latest trip, I decided to cave and read, Eat, Pray Love. I feel like a lemming following the masses. I also feel the book is a bit cheesy. That’s the pessimist in me talking. On the other hand, the book is helping me to realize and get through some tough times. It’s helping me to realize that I am not alone in my feelings.
During the Pray part of the book, Ms. Gilbert talks about soulmates:
People think a soulmate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soulmate 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 soulmate 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 soulmate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soulmates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.
A soulmates 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…
The passage made me rethink my thoughts on Friends Indeed. I’ve always taken the defense – that most of the time, I’ve been the friend indeed, especially this last time. But, maybe I have it all wrong. Maybe I was the one more in need. Maybe this person was supposed to help me tear down my walls and break my rules so that once again I could transform my life and start anew.
Elizabeth Gilbert > quotes
See if your friends have read any of Elizabeth Gilbert’s books.
“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…”
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