Good reading. I came across an excerpt from Brian Weiss' Same Soul, Many Bodies today that resonated very deeply with me:

"After Only Love is Real, my book about soul mates, came out, I received a letter from a woman that read, 'Well, I met my soul mate, but now I'm married. I have three children. He's married and has two children. Why didn't we meet when we were teenagers?'

Because destiny had a different plan. They were supposed to meet later. People come into our lives at certain times for various reasons having to do with lessons to be learned. It is not a coincidence that they didn't meet at a much earlier age when they did not have other commitments. I think the reason people meet later is to learn about love in many different ways and about how to balance this with responsibility and commitment. They'll meet again in a different lifetime. They must be patient."

That is profoundly moving to me. Perhaps it's because I come from the same camp as Dr. Weiss. Perhaps it's because I know exactly to that which he refers. Either way, I am grateful to have found this passage with which I can so deeply identify.