Gary Zukav, author of the "THE SEAT OF THE SOUL", was at the Oprah Winfrey Show when i opened the TV and tuned in to ABS-CBN" Studio 23 a few years back. He was there for a promotional stint for the said book.
Curious, i listened intently to him explaining the gist of his book which he said was a philosophical understanding that we are actually all soulmates. When we consider our planet as a big classroom where we call everybody our classmates, then we are all soulmates. Good point, i thought. This idea guided me through in honing the left hemisphere of my brain.
Then one day a powerful text message, regarding "being meant for each other", was sent to me. The sender did not divulge who he/she was when i requested for an identity. I intended to just forget it, as i always do with anonymous texters because i am not bent on solving mysteries. It kept bugging me though. With all the conscious efforts i found, i stubbornly resisted.
Weeks after, i was in a pleasant conversation with a manager-lady friend. In all actuality we are not really that close yet and in fact that was just our second personal meeting. But we seem to always hit it off. The first time we met i personally liked her a lot. I got a feeling immediately that she is such a God-spirited beautiful person. This second meeting confirmed that first impression.
The most inspiring subject that struck me in that quite lengthy but very enjoyable conversation was about her husband, who has been and still is (sadly, because she said she misses him a lot) working abroad, and their very good relationship despite the distance. In my admiration, i could not help but express my happiness for them. I could only imagine their shared happy moments. Yes, it's really because my basis for a happy and contented life is the belief that "there is no perfect life, only perfect moments". I got this idea somewhere, i cannot remember anymore. Was it from a TV ad? i am not really sure. Sorry.
Sentimentally speaking, while we were on their husband-and-wife topic, my mind was simultaneously flooded with the text message of "being meant for each other" again. And long after the talk, i found it difficult to rid.
Honestly, for a time i had already been convinced about Gary Zukav's theory. In fact i am up to now still convinced we can all be soulmates if there is honest friendship/s, for it is in this only where good friendships are rooted in. Now i am headed, i think, to re-think regarding honest-to-goodness "real soulmates" and the possibility of it. My manager-lady friend and her husband's relationship is evidence i just recognized. i hope to find many more despite my skepticism.
While waiting for more, i might settle patiently yet with my personal theory that, if indeed there is such "real soulmates" (that "being meant for each other" thing) it comes very, very rarely. Maybe the people involved in this sort, who are supposed to be real soulmates, only find each other when the both of them have already reached their level of divinity. Probably after coming into terms with their own self and having truly found their rests in God. That maybe this soulmates thing could be one of life's mysteries. And that maybe they are God's gift to each other for enduring the odds as His obedient servants.
For the moment i say, i am truly happy for those who have honestly found their soulmates. Congratulations! We get what and who we deserve indeed. You most honestly deserve yours. There really comes a time for pay offs.
At the same time though, i do fervently hope and pray for people not to easily be swayed by the "promise of soulmates". Please don't be desperate because when our drive for "love/soulmate search" is desperation, we are headed for failure and more desperation. We have seen numerous victims around us. Love yourself by working and praying hard not to be one of those victims. Your life is too precious to be wasted. Don't forget that you are your life's steward and that your life, itself, is God's greatest gift to you.
Your true honest-to-goodness soulmate will come to you only in God's time. There is a time for everything (Ecclesiastes 3:8). Be patient but pray hard and put your best efforts to change you first. When you love you, love will come to you.
God bless, dearest friends!
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