Soulmates
Heartbreak is an interesting phenomenon. When I think about all of my past lovers, I think about the way in which I felt complete at that moment. To this day I fail to understand why it takes another person to make me feel complete. For this reason, I have also believed in soulmates and romanticized the idea of feeling empty with the absence of another individual. As I grow older, I am beginning to see this mindset as problematic and untrue. My last heartbreak required me to shift my perspective on love. I believed this person to be my one and only soulmate. At 21, I believed that I had found the person that I would be marrying, having children with, and giving the rest of my life to. Now that this relationship has ended, I feel stranger than ever - I feel as though I have gained something. I don't know whether it's independence, confidence, or something else. I hope to find out soon what this strange new feeling is. For now, these growing pains make me feel uncomfortable a...