48 hours in Paris…talk about spontaneity! Just a few days prior I was in the midst of another team meeting for one of my school courses, my biggest thought being how we could finish and deliver a business plan in a few weeks.
By Saturday, I found myself walking along French streets, taking in the wonders of the Eiffel Tower and Louvre, and most definitely annoyed at the expensive pricing of nearly everything possible for consumption. Moreover, I found myself thinking about the universal topic and feeling called love.
I mean, there I was. Manless in Paris. Before you cue the violins, know that I’m good in that department LOL. However, how could I not think about love in the city known for it? Furthermore, now being officially in my late twenties and with a few romantic experiences under my belt, I can’t help but wonder, have I already met my soulmate? Is there a certain age that we are all guaranteed to have come across with the partner we are destined to be with?
Think about it. A soulmate is defined as “a person ideally suited to another as a close friend or romantic partner”. I would imagine one’s soulmate to have similar life experiences, similar sense of humor, and a similar mindset when it comes to uncovering life’s uncertainties together. While I wholeheartedly believe that you can’t meet your match and, more importantly, KNOW you’ve met your soulmate if you’re not yet in tune with who you are, I’m inclined to think that by one’s late twenties or early thirties we would have had to meet this enchanted other half already.
Trust me, I understand why the thought alone is enough to make you cringe. Perhaps you’ve already went down that road and things did not work out. Perhaps you’re looking at your potentials like “lawdddd, is this it?!”. Perhaps your soulmate is nothing like you’ve ever envisioned for yourself and that’s enough to make you overlook them year after year after year.
By one’s early thirties, we have already experienced so much life, hopefully fortunate enough to have come across different cultures and fine-tuned our sense of self. I find it hard to believe that as I grow older and a little more set in my ways, that all of a sudden, some newbie is supposed to walk into my life and stay forever. It’s hard enough to make lifelong friends once we are truly into adulthood, let alone a romantic partner.
Maybe you feel differently. Regardless, one thing is for certain- my soulmate, whether I met him already or not, is sure to be fantastic…and one lucky, lucky man.
