Funny you should write this…Today's daily thought I composed (I send out daily thoughts on my Spiritual Orb I created):

How can I know anything about the past or the future, when the light of the Beloved shines only NOW – Rumi

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Fire Chief this is for you, hope you don’t mind but I used you as inspiration.

A Gaelic Term: Anam Cara (I think it’s such a beautiful meaning, it’s engraved on my wedding band)

Anam Cara means soul mate; but now as western civilization would have you believe. Anam Cara is a legend that when we are born, our soul shatters into an uncountable amount of pieces. Those pieces then are met and come together by another’s soul, another person, we start to build and grow.

In our life, as we lead it, we come across those small shattered pieces we lost upon birth. With each kin we rebuild our soul, and in the end we realize we are all one soul when put back together. Think about all those shards you’ve come across who make up the completed you. Reflect, like the sun through stained glass, how beautiful you are with others in your life, those RIGHT NOW, not those broken in the past or awaiting in the future. Who are your shards, who are those that put you together like a magnificent piece of stained glass?

Some of us get so wrapped up in what has conspired in the past that we dictate and stress on any possible relationship of the future. We cannot allow what has already conspired to determine our future outcome. The “now” is the only concern any of us should worry about.

Allow those in your life now to be your influences. Trust in your soul, mind, and conscious to attract those you need in your life, over those you have left behind. There is a reason we lose friends, we let them go, and it opens up a space within you to allow positive individuals to attract to you like a magnet meeting metal. Your beloved, your kin, your spirit is now!! Live it, embrace it, and love it in the now.

Those who want to see you succeed are not those you have met in a passing yesteryear.

Those who want to love you unconditionally have not yet met you in the coming years.

Those who need you in their life, as much as your soul needs them in yours, are now, right now! Turn to them, pick up the phone, write an old fashioned letter and thank them for being an irreplaceable aspect of you.

I have found through rather brutal trial and error, that this idea, while comforting, holds no water. Relationships are quixotic, and have to be nurtured. The idea of "Radar Love" might be appealing, but after the initial hormonal rush, the differences become apparent, and accomodations have to be made for the relationship to succeed. You have to bend, but not break, and this is tremendously difficult. In my opinion, the perfect lover, the perfect friend, and the perfect mate are nearly impossible to find in the same person. Eventually, over time, you have to choose what matters most.

Yep – you have to work it. Lasting love is not nearly as romantic as the movies would have you believe. But far more satisfying….

It's funny but going along to get along yields nothing. While conflict and arguing is unpleasant, it's necessary sometimes to get to the heart of the matter.

Didja read what I wrote?