What is a soul mate?

Interesting question. I always thought it was "the love of your life"... you know, the person you meet who makes you feel complete, yadda yadda yadda. Well, I'm reading a book that describe a soul mate in a complete different way and I find it really interesting, and prob true... But 1st, here is what wikipedia says about soul mates:

Soul mate is a term sometimes used to designate someone with whom one has a feeling of deep and natural affinity, love, intimacy, sexuality, spirituality, and/or compatibility.

This is pretty close to what I previously thought. Here is my new thought:

"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 that shows you everything that's 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 will ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they leave"

Isn't that cool? Now, I disagree with the last part, I don't think that in all cases they leave, maybe sometimes they stick around forever... and if i believe this definition then it implies that someone may be my soul mate but I may not be theirs, and vice versa, AND maybe we can have more than 1 soul mate in our lifetime.

So, based on my new definition of soul mate, I think I have met one of mine! An e-mail that sat starred in my inbox for almost exactly a year entitled "We were so meant to be friends". Did you know something i didn't yet know? Is it possible that i know something that someone else may not yet know?

What you said to me last week at the bar "I like you so much better now"... I knew exactly what you meant, and my 1st though was "I like myself so much better too!"... but that's not what I said is it? Oh comical defense mechanism, i let you stick around little longer... Now you know tho!