Venting | Eat Pray Love

“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 soul mate 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...” 

― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

it's tearing me apart.

i feel like i'm losing myself.

i jumped ship.

{lost}

love exists.

this morning i was driving home from quinn's at about 6:30am because he had to leave for work. on one side of the sky, the moon was full and bright against a shade of sapphire, while the sun created variations of pink and orange as it was rising on the other.

that's when it hit me.

every one of us has seen the moon multiple times in our lives, as well as sunrises and sunsets, rainbows after the storm, bright autumn colored trees, and snow falling from the sky, creating a winter wonderland. most of these things happen daily. it's nothing we haven't seen before, though we find ourselves marveling at these things all the time. we run outside to gaze at the beauty, we take pictures, and send them to friends saying "did you see the moon tonight?! it was so pretty!" ...or something along those lines.

think about how many times you've done that.

i came to the conclusion that this must mean love exists, even in the people we thought were born heartless. i've never met anyone who couldn't appreciate a good sunset. we see these things all the time and we can still appreciate them for what they are and always have been. every time we run out the door to get a better view of that rainbow, we fall back in love.

it exists in all of us.

on a side note, i'm listening to Strawberry Swing by Coldplay. if you haven't seen the music video, watch it.

love and light, xo