During the course of human existence, souls reach out to one another, instinctively seeking connections. Professionally, emotionally, spiritually, intellectually, even physically, we seek out compatibility – another who can relate to us and who can understand our inner workings.  These connections become the building blocks of our relationships, be they familial ties, acquaintances, romantic partners, or friends. We slip into different roles as we connect with different individual souls. At work we are the co-worker, revealing only glimpses of our “personal” lives. Within our families we are the son or the daughter or the parent, relating to each member of our circle on a unique level.  As lovers we explore and discover one another, gradually developing a distinct and exclusive form of communication that does not need to be understood by any other soul.

Rarely a soul enters our life that can connect to us on multiple levels.  When this occurs it becomes an almost-surreal experience. As we peel back the layers of one another and begin to uncover the machinations that construct our true identities, we feel as if we are looking into a mystical mirror. We reveal more and more of ourselves to this individual, and we are astonished by the reflection of our own emotions as they are mirrored back to us.

These discoveries are so profound and so powerful that the connection of souls solidifies in ways that are transcendent of all other human relations. It starts to become a type of melding, a fusion of two separate souls into one. Ultimately it seems as if the individuality of our separate souls never really existed, that instead we are the very same soul divided between two bodies. We become aware that the connection is so intense that surely it could not have occurred by chance, and most definitely it will not simply fade with time. It is a knowledge that our souls were made for one another, that we knew one another before ever having met and that we will always know and relate to one another during our current lives and beyond.

We are soul mates.

Jason is this very connection.  During our initial communications with one another I was overwhelmed by the powerful interweaving of our emotions. Previously I had not ever really known another who did truly understand me so intimately. The remarkable thing was that this understanding was not simply an intellectual awareness of how I was, but actually something far more empathic.  He understood the feelings I expressed and even those I did not; he felt as I felt. He seemed to be almost an extension of myself.

Then the most beautiful harmony began to develop between us that stemmed not only from our mutual compatibility but also simply from my own comprehension of the purely magnificent person that he is. The purity of his soul, the sincerity of his emotions, the generosity of his heart—these attributes were breathtaking to me. I became more and more captivated by his self-effacing manner, his sacrificial nature, his compassion and kindness. I felt like such a privileged person to have even encountered such an incomparable individual.

The most striking aspect of Jason’s being was none of these things, though, really. The one single quality of his heart that has impacted me most profoundly is the indescribable depth of his love.  Oh my soul! It is so overwhelming that it flows from him, surrounding and bathing me with its pure beauty. It is so pure and so sincere that it washes over me like the cleansing waves of baptismal water.  To merely be in his presence is nothing short of a gift from God.

He is my truest friend. It’s not that I do not value all of the others, but never before have I known such a connection as exists between us. Our understanding of one another and our mutual love are such positive energies that they literally heal the pain and weightiness of my heart. It soothes me and cradles me in a way that is not a form of dependency, but rather a beautiful, spiritual gift.

I thank God for every single moment of my life as Jason’s best friend; I’d been waiting all of my life for his appearance, and now I will never let him go.