In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Yin to My Yang.”
Soul Mate: Someone who is aligned with your soul and is sent to challenge, awaken and stir different parts of you in order for your soul to transcend to a higher level of consciousness and awareness. Once the lesson has been learnt, physical separation usually occurs.
Life Partner: A companion, a friend, a stable and secure individual who you can lean on, trust and depend on to help you through life. There is a mutual feeling of love and respect and you are both in sync with each others needs and wants.
http://foreverconscious.com/the-difference-between-soulmates-and-life-partners
I have a friend who is the total opposite to me. Extrovert, opinionated in the extreme, stubborn, a leader, charming when he wants to be, and an alpha-male. He can be infuriating. We sat next to each other on a training course ten years ago. I was expecting my son, and resisted any form of friendship with him. He joined our company soon thereafter and our families both relocated to Sydney at the same time. A few years back he worked in the same building as myself. After many years of trying he succeeded in getting a conversation out of me. He promised we would be friends forever. They have moved to another city. He said his promise would always stand, we would always be friends. Sweet-talker. He is different to all my other friends, being of such strong personality and with a temper. It caused me to realign my definition of friendship. Is it possible for heterosexual male and females to be friends only? Is it appropriate? Can I be friends with someone who has a temper and whom I fear on a deep level, like being friends with a lion? Do opposites attract? Does that make a soulmate? Another soul my own has attracted in order to grow and evolve. As opposed to the definition of life-partner, of which my husband is the chosen one.
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I can only say: YES!!! It is possible. I have two best friends, one female and one male. Acutally the male friend feels more like a brother, very familiar and we know each othre for 34 years since we went to school together. Yes, it is possible!!!
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That’s good to know. I went to a convent and was surrounded by females, with had no male friends at all, so I suppose it may have affected my outlook in some way. ❤
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It sure is not the most common friendship. That’s what many cannot understand and read too much into it. You are unique and so are your friendships 😊
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“Once the lesson has been learnt, physical separation usually occurs.” What a great line!
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Thank you, it is not my line though, I’ve added the link underneath! 🙂
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Tough question, V! I’ve often wondered myself. Where does one draw the line? Natural affinaity and attraction know no limits, so does one just resist and cut oneself off?
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I’m sure the answer is different for everyone, also have to consider one’s partner’s views on the matter! 🙂
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Very interesting, Vonita.
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Thanks, Mark! Sometimes others pass our way and help us to grow ❤
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It is said that opposites attract each other. But sometimes, the conflict will be so great that opposites will finally repel each other. It may only work on magnets.
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Yes, indeed. Thanks for your thoughts, Ompong 🙂
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