You Think Love is Simple

I've been thinking a lot about the term "soul mate" recently... What is a soul mate anyway? I don't even know if I believe in such a thing. It seems fictional. I've always been taught that you can be happy with just about anybody as long as you are willing to work together to love and accept one another for all that each of you are; flaws and all. But it's not really like that. You don't want to spend the rest of forever with just anybody. I think all of us strive to find the one person that 100% completes us. In a way I feel like our soul mates are the people who tear us apart from the inside out and force us to be everything we didn't know we were. A soul mate should push you to your limits, and bring out every fear about love you've ever had. Because love is scary, and until you feel scared, maybe it's not love at all. But what are the odds that we find that person in our lifetime? Our "soul mate". And what if that person is half a world away? It seems almost impossible to find them. But when I look around and see so many people in love, holding hands, kissing, and laughing.. It doesn't seem so impossible :). 
I'm a lover of love. 
I love romance movies and books, love songs and poetry, photographs of people in love, romantic quotes, love notes, and just about anything else. The idea of a soul mate makes me happy. That there could be someone out there who is searching for me as well. And I know that this all sounds so absolutely cheesy haha, but I really hope that somehow, somewhere completely unexpected, we'll find each other ;). I was riding on the front runner just the other night, and across from me sat a girl maybe in her mid 20's. She was a bit drunk, and told me that she had just relapsed after being sober and drug free for five months because she had just lost two friends to drug abuse. Not that the little details are important, but while being slightly intoxicated she said a few things that since have resonated in my mind. 
She said, "Love feels so good after it's been absent for so long. People take being in love, and being loved in return for granted." 
And you know what? I think she's right. Love is something that is so special, and so powerful. It's what drives us to be better and to keep going. And we should be grateful every single day for those who have taught us to love.
So maybe I do believe in soul mates in a way. I believe that there are people out there who were meant to be apart of your life, and for some inexplicable reason, you connect to them more than anybody else. And sometimes I feel like we might never understand why we are drawn to one person more than another. Why we want to feel the constant company of that certain person rather than anybody else. But the mystery of it all is a part of the experience of love. It's great, love is.

~Sadie Nicole~





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