Do You Believe in Soul-mates?

Note: I don't normally study English here at italki, but due to the motivating and warm-hearted feedback to my last entry, I have decided to give it one more try! Thank you all.

Do I believe in soul-mates? I will do my best to confuse you; yes, and no. I think it depends on how you define a soul-mate.
Due to my personality, I consequently reason by using logic. In lack of answers, one must turn to logic reasoning, or maybe it's because I'm a man, and simply do so by nature, I don't know. So to get to the point, what do I mean by all of this?
I don't believe in "love at first sight", or "meant to be", it just doesn't make sense to me. In that sense I thoroughly don't believe in the concept of "soul-mates".
However, I believe that to persons who really love each other could become soul-mates. I haven't experienced true love myself, but I would imagine that the spiritual bond would grow over time rather than exist from the start, for some unknown, mystical reason.
That your soul-mate would be somewhere out there in the world, waiting for you, it all sounds very romantic. Yes, indeed, but it's an extremely inconvenient and improbable notion, when you think about it; what if my soul-mate lives on the other side of the world? Even after a whole lifetime of traveling, chances are that I probably wouldn't meet her. It's all very depressing, when you think about it.
In conclusion, I believe that your partner could become your soul-mate, but like everything in life, I believe that it takes work and mutual compromising. They won't just fall in your lap.

Have you found your soulmate? No, I married at 48 and try to make it work. I high lited spots I thought not quite right. 


// single soul - 瑞