Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Eat Pray Love was gifted to me from a friend just 3 months before I sat my very first Vipassana + life as I knew it totally transformed. Coincidence? Not at all. Life was throwing me several signals to make some changes and Eat Pray Love was just one of those signals.
It’s been two years since then and thanks to MindBodyGreen.com it is with impeccable timing that I am reminded of this quote from the book….
“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 soulmate 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…“
So tell me, have you met your soul mate? Do you even believe in soul mates?
xox
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