I am fortunate in that I have quite a lot of soul kin. These are the people that draw out the very most inward places. The people that you have an inexplicable and unbreakable connection with. I don’t say this to be froo froo…sometimes drawing out the very most inward places is hard work and its not always comfortable…but these people…or your connection to them…draws you to do it anyway. They make you want to grow. And like it or not…you do. On two occasions, I have, against the best of advice, pursued soul kin across an emotional galaxy when it seemed to others the most irrational and dysfunctional course I could choose. But deep down, I don’t care. I am being driven by a deep force and I don’t want to be limited to our notions of reality all the time. Sometimes love and compassion can be great great things and they unlock magic. Of course…sometimes love can be foolish…but that is not the point of this post! I read in this great book by Marian Williamson (I think it was her) that there aren’t bad people doing bad things to us…the explanation used by most of your loved ones to see you through your heartaches (and not just romantic ones…there are all sorts of disappointments and hardships people face)…but really everybody is just on their own path, doing their best to figure out their own lessons…and sometimes they stumble when they cross your path. But I still love them. I’ve stumbled many a time on someone else’s sidewalk and I always hoped they would still love me, even when I wasn’t showing my best parts. Soul kin do that. So when you find them, you don’t let them go. They are gems.