Soul mates.....

I'm pondering about relationships and soul mates.
I've had a relationship with a soul mate before.  It was instantly familiar (once we actually paid attention to each other) but not instant attraction.  It felt safe and was so easy to go with the flow.  It was the first time I felt like I could just be me and pursue what made me happy.  A relationship without expectation or pressures where I was treated with love, appreciation and affection. I also opened my heart and truly loved without trying to change him and that was a first for me. I think his experience of it might have been different, but it helped me see that relationships reflect TO us what we give to it.  It also helped me see that soul mate relationships are not always the easiest.  They are specifically designed for bringing up issues, and when they come up we can choose to work through them or not.  I think depending on how much the two people are growing together will determine how long the relationship is supposed to last.  On some level I always knew this soul mate relationship was temporary, and was alright when it ended.  I came out of it a much better, happier, more determined person. 

I've met someone else now that has strongly grabbed my attention, but I'll admit it's completely different! I don't yet know this man very well, but every time we interact I can't help but WANT to know him.  I feel drawn towards him and am attracted like I've never felt before.  I've never been the pursuing type but this one definitely makes me consider putting myself out there.  I recognize certain characteristics in him that are very much like my own. I recognize his energy, but it's strange because I don't really know him. I have a curiosity and a feeling like he has so much life and experience to add to mine.  Someone that can be the one to help me as much as I can help him! It is really making me HAVE to trust my intuition as well as Divine timing a lot and it's really hard!  I feel and then I doubt that I can "know" what I know, when I don't really know.  Our brief interactions, strangely, bring out my insecurities while at the same time making me feel amazing about myself.  He's sometimes aloof (well all the time with everyone else) and then he opens up to me or touches me and smiles and I get glimpse of him...crazy....silly....awesome...crush!! But soul mate?
My intuition tells me YES, and I'm going with that....Wish me patience because if he's my soul mate, I won't need luck! :-)

Making sense of soul mates!
Jess