You know everyone thinks we’re crazy, right?

To most people, waiting for my soul mate is just not right.

Waiting isn’t getting out from behind your computer. It isn’t going out into the world and seeking that person. It isn’t putting the past behind you.

To them, a soul mate is a buzz word, a crazy spiritual thing, a person that doesn’t exist. Sure, they think, you can stay at home and “attract” your soul mate, but don’t think that really works. That’s just some crazy woo-woo talk. You can hear them saying this, right?

Go ahead and tell your family and friends that you want to visualize your soul mate and wait for them. They’ll raise their eyebrow and nicely smile at you and say, “What about that man (or woman) that you met at so and so’s house?”

Yes, they want you to settle down. Yes, they want you to love and be loved. Yes, they want you to have a family.

And they expect you to do it the way that everyone else does it.

If you want to find your soul mate, you “should” go out and date as many people as you can until you find someone that you get along with decently and that doesn’t annoy you, that has a stable job, and that dresses halfway decent and seems to be going somewhere. That’s the best you can hope for.

Or is it? [Read more...]