Accepting the Unexplainable

Then my friend said: "Wow, he's you're soulmate! But you know, people don't always end up with their soulmate." 

She changed everything. Because until then I could not accept an ending that did not come straight out of a fairy tale. 

And actually, come to think of it, it seems that people rarely end up with their soulmate. 

As if soulmates' purpose was not to share a life, but rather to follow their own separate paths, in sync with each other. And sometimes doing so having only physically met once or a handful of times. 

Most of the time it seems we end up with a life partner, not a soulmate. A partner who can hopefully help make dreams come true, provide support when needed and share happiness... but perhaps simply in a different way than a soulmate would. 

I have yet to understand the reason for this. 

But this realization is the only explanation for the disappointing reality of two separate paths; Of two people living harmoniously without really being together. 

Whiteswan Lake Provincial Park, BC, Canada

Eternal Internal Battle

Lysefjord - Norway

How can one satisfy opposing forces? 

How can one find balance with such a dilemma?

To be carefree 

To run wild

To be a restless dreamer

To stay far from society's standards 

To create the rules to live by 

To keep own happiness as the only concern

But

To help change the world 

To actively inspire others 

To be the influential business woman once dreamt of 

To assist with the blossom of small hopes in this lost society

But 

To look the other way 

To go my own separate way

But

To challenge set ways 

To find a way to make a change