Do you believe in soul mates? Why or why not?
How do you recognize a soul mate?
Do you believe that there can be more than one person that is meant for you?
(In what situations do you think this could be true? Example: If your loved one died, would you be able to find someone else to love?)
Do you think you fall in love or do you learn to love?
Lindi Hettinger
16 comments:
My view on soul mates maybe a little tinted. I am a product of getting remarried after having been divorced. I truly love my husband that I am currently married to, but it is hard to find someone that even though they once had all the same views as you, remain that way through the years. Love is something that you have to work hard at; it is not an easy feeling. If your love one died, it would be very hard to find another mate, but it is not impossible. Depending on the age you are at the time of the death of your mate, some just need companionship, not love. I do think you can both fall in love, and learn to love. When you first meet the person, you fall in love, but as the years go by, you learn to love. Love changes everyday, but it can stay alive with a lot of caring, compassion, and giving. Darcy Cekander
Wow, this is a little deeper question than I am used to. I'll try to keep my response from getting overly sappy. I do believe in soul mates. I do not nearly comprehend the mystery of love, but I find just one or two women I have met so far to be potential wives. It is strange that a teenage boy would not go for a certain devillete dancer or some girl in "The Plastics" like on Mean Girls, but I don't feel like many of the women in these categories are my type. Everyone has different wants and preferences.
-Michael Holmes
I guess I sort of do and sort of don't believe in soul mates. I believe that their are matches and super matches. Obviously, everyone knows someone who settled down and was never deleriously happy, but they were happy nonetheless. That is a match, but then there are those couples that people look up to in the community and think Wow! How do they do it? That would be a super match. I'm not saying all you have to do is find your super match and then it's easy, becuase love is a very complicated thing. What I am saying is that there are several people that a person can marry and at least be satisfied, but I think htere is one person out there that will rock your world! That kind of explains what Ithink about if your loved one died. If the one that died was your super match (I can technically call that a soul mate can'tI?) so if your soulmate dies then I think there are others that can make you happy, but if the one that died jsut made you happy, you can still find that soul mate. I think we all both fall in love and learn to love. When you fall in love, you just know it in your gut, but have youever noticed that as you get to know a person, things that bother you about other people seem to make you happy if they come from the person you are with? I think that would be learning to love. Like say you could never stand it when someone kicks you under the table, but when your significant pother does it, it's a cute gesture that you enjoy. Those are just my ideas, and I am only a 17 year old girl, so take it as you will!
~Adrianna~
PS. Don't put this in your paper, but I think you know what I am talking about when it comes to matches and super matches with BR and CMc!!!!
Thinking of soul mate is term rather than relationships
I think there is some one out there for everyone, but you can't just fall in love over night. If you do find your soul mate- you still have to fall in love. You can't make yourself love someone- but you also can't help who you love. And once you are truly in love, you can't just fall out. Love takes time and commitment.
Kellie
I do believe in soul mates, but I don't think that if you find your soul mate that you'll automaticly be happy. I believe that it will take work to get to know each other and learn each others likes and dislikes, and once you find out that this is the one you have to work even harded ont to get too complacent with each other. I think you'll know this person because there will be more than a physical attraction to them.
I think people who marry their soul mate fall in love, and people who marry someone they can be happy with will learn to live each other.
Jbrown
I believe that there is someone for everyone. "soul mates" well, if i had to say something about that i would have to say, that soul mates are someone you use to date, you broke up and 30years later you find eacother agian knowing that this time it will be forever. someone you couldn't live without.
thanx audrey p.
I belive that when you find the right person your heart will tell you. I think that there is someone out there for every person in this world. You just get that feeling down deep inside that this person means a lot to you. Yes I do think that even after a loved one dies you will still be able to find someone t live out your life with.
And yes I do think that you fall in love. I think that you know how you feel about someone, you are with someone and you learn about them and fall in love with them.
Jamie Brooks
I know that I haven't met my soulmate, but I definitely believe there is such a person. When you meet your soulmate, you just know it. It's the feeling you get when you are with the other person. The feeling of warmth, comfort, love, and belonging. If your soulmate were to pass away, than I do not think that the persone can not love again. Sure, it would be hard to find someone as amazing as they had before, but it is possible. I also think that you can fall in love and learn to love. When you know that someone is right for you rather quickly and you feel like you've got it bad for them, than you have definitely fallen in love with them. If you really care about someone, but you feel like you have some differences with them, than you can learn to love them and accept who they are.
~*Amanda Wasowitz*~
Okay, I don't know if I believe in soul mates or not. Maybe that's cuz I haven't found mine yet? I dunno. I do believe that there can be more than one person out there meant for you. It's hard for me to fathom that there is one person in the entire world...the entire world. That's a big place. I'm sorry I didn't help you much there. I think that you can defiently fall into lust. That's what leads you into love in most cases isn't it? If there isn't that initial attraction to a person, how will you ever..i dont know, notice the person, I guess. Anyway, I think you fall into lust, but you must learn to love. Just being in relationships I learned more than anything how to love someone. It does take time I think to learn to care for someone and put your whole self before that person. That's what dating is for. By the time you get married, you know how much you have to be willing to put into a relationship without trying too hard. I think you must work for love, too. I mean, its gotta be easy to love the one you're with, but what I mean is that sometimes, there are those rough spots. But that doesn't mean that it can't work. Ihave been in a relationship(hmm I wonder who I am talking about) where we loved each other (I believe) and we were emotionally attached so well, but boy did we have to work on our love. We cared for each other so much that we butted heads a few times (a few? that's funny) but I have to believe it was because we loved each other. That relationship was hard work, but there were times that it just paid off, and in the end it was all worth it becuase that relationship taught me everythin I know about love.
Sorry some major grammatical issues here. HOpe you can read it. It's really confusing but if you cant understand it, just email me or we can talk later.
I take back my comment about not knowing about soul mates....Cuz YOUR'RE MY SOUL MATE!!!!
Loves andkisses
Rebecca
i do not believe in soul mates, because when a person thinks of a soul mate they have a specific idea
of what kind of person they want and what they look like, and in most cases a person doesn't ususally find that exact person that they are looking for. That happens in the land of television.
Corey
Hi, Lindi. Here's what I believe when it comes to soulmates, though I have a hard time convincing anyone else:
Like anyone, I have met and known many people in my life, and from all of those I have picked my best friend: Kurt Brown. He is very special to me, and if I had not had children with my wife, I might view my friendship with Kurt as the most important relationship of my life.
However, I also know that if I met another hundred thousand (or a hundred million) people, I would almost surely meet someone who would be an even better match for me than Kurt has been.
And then if I met everyone living in the world (if this were possible), I would meet someone even better than the one who was better than Kurt.
I think it works the exact same way with love relationships: There is ONE person on the Earth with whom we would match up the very best. There might be one hundred thousand with whom we could match up well, or even very well, but there's only ONE who would be the absolute best.
The chances of finding her are almost nil. But she is out there, likely living with someone else, when she should be with me. And I think that's how it is for everyone on Earth. We all have to settle for second best (or third best, or fourth best, or . . .)
This being the case--that we all have a soulmate out there that none of us can find--I think that many of us must learn to love over time. We do the best we can with someone very special to us, even if she's not THE one.
I think if we can find even one of the one hundred thousand of our "good-enough" mates we should count ourselves lucky.
That said, I always respect someone who tells me, "I'm still searching for THE one."
Good luck with your own search!
John W.
I dont belive in soul mates. I think its just a term that is for the movies. My girlfriend and I have been together for almost four years. We mostly agree on the same things, have the same sense of humor and enjoy the same types of things in the world. I cant say we were destined to be together, but we do love being around each other. Aaron Royse
I believe in soul mates! I mean, come on, Lindi, we are soul mates! No, just kidding! But for real, I think there is someone out there for everyone. Your soul mate is the person that you can't get off your mind, and no matter what mistakes they make, you love them anyways. I don't think you instantly fall in love with your soul mate, as movies tend to portray it. Love is something very fragile that you have to really work at to make it work.
Oops, that last comment was from Alex!
I do believe in soul mates. If your ment to be together you will find eachother and end up together. If they are your soul mate you will know because he or she will fit everything you ever looked for and even things that you never thought you wanted. Every relationship has its hard times but you deal with it as a couple and succeed as a couple. That is how i know when i have found my soul mate.
Justin Henrichs
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