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Sunday, June 19, 2005
A Pair of Soulmates
By Chic Fortich
SOME days ago, I had at home a couple, of both sexes, who had come for something else. I had asked the guy to do illustrations for me.
Then, I noticed that he had a girl with him. "Who is this girl?" I asked him
"She's my girlfriend," he replied.
Facing her, I inquired, "What's your name, hija?"
"Clarita," she answered simply.
"Or are you here for something else? I asked.
"Yes," they both said.
So, I invited them to our dining table, where they eventually sat, Clarita on my left, and Jimmy on my right, and began their drawings. Seated across from each other, they could not see the drawings the other one made
When finished, I asked Clarita, first to describe her sun to me; then, Jimmy did the same thing.
Then, they each described their mountains, trees, and snakes.
"Noticing something curious, I interrupted them, "Hold it! Hold it!" I said, with some excitement in my voice.
They looked at me with surprise.
"You have just described to me the four elements that are almost exactly the same," I told them. I pointed out the four elements. They looked at each other, still surprised.
"I see those as the sign of two soulmates," I said.
"Soulmates?" Clarita said. "I've heard a little about them, but can you please tell us more about them?"
Soulmates are two souls who have met in a past lifetime, and are meant to meet again in another lifetime," I began. "They do not have to be of both genders. They can even be a mother and a daughter. Or anything else. But their souls are so close together, that they would be together, even when they quarrel."
They both nodded. I asked them to continue with their descriptions of their drawings.
Clarita's drawings of her house, with trees behind them; her lake; and her road; seemed like drawings of a normal person.
But Jimmy's drawings of a village of houses, with nothing distinct and with no trees; his road; and his lake were vastly different.
"I had always wanted to be a priest," he confessed. "In fact, I entered a seminary before, but went out soon."
"These village houses do not look as though there's one distinct one among them. And there are no trees," I pointed out. "Does this show your love for sociology, as you mentioned earlier?"
He said nothing. Perhaps, he felt these were not what a true priest is expected to be. Of course, they were not. For me, a priest needs love, or the trees, for any group of people he serves.
I then pointed out his road between the village and the lake.
"The road represents where you're going. Is there any particular place you're going to?"
He said something like the road was meant to separate the village from the lake.
"Sorry," I said, "but the lake represents your inner self. How can you be a true priest if you separate your own self from the village?"
He said nothing again.
"I see Clarita as a more 'normal' person than you are. You have still many problems about yourself to attend to."
I asked Clarita if she would help him, and she said, "Yes, of course."
"Do you really love him?"
"Yes," she answered definitely.
I turned to Jimmy, and asked him the same question.
"Yes," he replied, just as definitely.
When two people truly love each other, they're very lucky to be soul mates.
What's more important, they would be luckier if they both try their best to counter whatever problems the other one has.
Then, they will be really, soulfully loving, soul mates.
(June 19, 2005 issue)
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