text: soul mates...is there such a thing? how do you know if...or when... you've met yours?   i hesitate to say we have "a" soul mate, i believe marriage is something you have to continually work on and compromise through, and the idea of a soul mate tends to bring to mind some kind of sublime bliss that does all the work for you because you were "destined" to be together. having said that, i do believe that we are certainly more compatible with particular types of people such as those that share our long term goals, our faith, want children (if we do also), etc...but i think it's possible to love more than one person in your lifetime, such as in the case of the death of your spouse, i believe it would be possible to love again under the right circumstances.