"The Agony And The 'Ex-'tasy"

I'm thinking about soul-mates. Realistically, from a relatively young age, you'll be informed about a journey in life. This's a very specific journey... - The exquisite journey of finding your soul-mate in life. You're first perspective of true love and romance is usually rather misguided, you'll believe that your first boyfriend/girlfriend is the one for you. However, once that doesn't work out as originally planned, and you have had more experiences with relationships, your perception begins to alter. As you age, you'll see that the journey of finding your true love is quite a lengthy one. It's rarely easy and short...

But, I have some radical perspective regarding soul-mates. You'll experience a lot of heartache along this illustrious journey. Which leads me to ponder, is finding your soul-mate reality or torture? These heartaches have an extensive history of leading to depression, and even suicide at times, depending on what came about within you due to that break-up. It really gets you wondering, what's truly the underlying value of this hurt, wouldn't it be plausible to chuck it up as unnecessary considering it obtains no benefits?

I think if you're determined to find your soul-mate, you'll have to be headstrong, somewhat emotionally and mentally prepared for these types of events while also being sure that you're keeping an open mind. Although, I understand just how challenging that can be. It's very draining and stressful, but you must remain positive. Think about the good times, try and avoid nitpicking all of the negatives. Again, difficult, as the negatives can completely compromise your whole life in unspeakable ways which can have the ability of leading to who knows what later on...
Soul-mates : reality or a torture device?