I was having a chat with my best friend the other day, and out of the blue she told me that she loves me and hopes we'll stay friends forever. Getting sentimental and misty-eyed, we then started talking about all the struggles we've been through and how if it wasn't for the other person helping us, we don't know where we would be.

I've seen so many "friends" come and go in my life. People that I thought were there for me, but no matter how many times I mailed them, letters were never returned. The thought that time alone can fade away even the strongest of feelings was painful, but after I thought about it I realized that the process is necessary because one has to realistically move on with their life.

You see, our soul requires love from people who care about us, but also needs a way to handle itself when that love isn't received. So as time moves on, the soul gradually detatches itself from the person that couldn't make us happy for whatever circumstantial reason. The soul only wants substatinal, real love--the kind of melodramatic fairy tale crushes we might get on celebrities, for example, will eventualy fade away and it's supposed to.

Now you might think that the soul would want some type of closure if we meet somebody in life and never see them again without a proper good-bye. But the soul knows that in life things aren't that simple. The soul knows that you'll meet some people in life that are incredibly awesome and the next day you may never see them again!

Now you may be thinking, "Well, I've been thinking about this one guy/gal for years now and I KNOW they feel the same way about me but we've lost touch. Nothing seems to be fading!" That may seem like a loophole at first glance, but actually that's just something called our SOUL mate. Soul mate love can't fade away through time. The soul only fades away love that isn't real.

Then why do people follow others that aren't good for them when the soul is trying to fade away the kind of delusional love that will only only hurt them? The soul can't fade away free will, after all. Different people have different motives for why this occurs but the simple answer is that they probably don't know how the soul works. They believe, ever wrongly, that if you spend enough time with a person it can work out. If you keep taking chances, no matter how many times you've been hurt by the person, someday they'll change.

Whenever that happens, we know we're going against our soul. And we know that whenever we go against our soul, nothing good comes out of it.

Allow your soul to drift you away from things that aren't good for you, naturally repelling you away from the hatred and hurt because their hatred has no purpose without a target. After you accomplish that, you should be able to find your true friend, or maybe even your soul mate!

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