Soul-mate love. Bohemian Rhapsody. A deep connection between Freddie Mercury and Mary Austin. Moving, emotive, leaving me tearful a few times. Ultimately could not be together in every but their profound love lasted an entire lifetime. Of his passing Austin said that she lost somebody she thought of as her eternal love.
I question what soul-mate love actually means. Freddie and Mary both went on to have other important love connections but no-one compared despite the absence of romantic love. Deep soul connection is just that, a connection of the soul and it can take different forms.
Dictionary.com describes soul-mate as ‘a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond’. That sounds too light and clinical to me, not important enough.
I believe soul-mates don’t have a choice, there's a magnetic attraction that’s undeniable and to walk away would be unfatomable. Soul-mate paths have crossed before, once, or many times. Souls meet at the right time. Soul-mates care deeply for the happiness of the other, feeling each other’s emotions, reading silent thoughts. Soul-mates know each others negatives and love them anyway. Life goals are shared, as are values and ethics, and differences are celebrated. Soul-mates that also have a deep romantic connection have each other in their entirety.
That’s more like it. Soul-mate. Perhaps the most beautiful thing if you are touched by it. No, definitely.