Everyone is born into different lives with different experiences resulting in different outlooks on life. But that's not what's important: what's more important is how they feel within. Someone may stare into the same black and white crystal walls and think about the injustices of the world between races while someone else may just be marveling at the way the colors blend into each other.
That being said, the difference between those two may have something to do with whether you have an old soul. Here are 10 signs that you may be one of those people that do.
1. You prefer to be alone more, indulging in your hobbies and thinking about life.
Old souls want to be alone to be able to create what they want to create, to be able to think what they want to think, without anybody or anything else getting in the way. What's better than having their own ideas swimming around their heads instead of dealing with a mess of ideas?
2. You think about being able to communicate with nature and the animals around it FREQUENTLY.
Being able to tune in to their surroundings is a trait an old soul wants to have. On top of having nobody understand them, they want to feel free to express themselves.
3. As a child, you were constantly being pushed out of cliques.
Being pushed out for whatever reason just hurt. In fact, you spent your whole life thinking that you were just destined to have few to no friends at all.
4. You prefer to read the books instead of the correlated movies.
Nothing cheers you up except a good book and some wine on the side. Watching movies are just too predictable while turning pages in a book are sometimes stress relievers after a long day.
5. You tend to believe in spiritual topics such as being psychic, horoscopes, reading auras, etc.
People who know you describe you as that person that volunteers to read people's fortunes, or indulge in collecting tarot cards and reading them out loud at a children's birthday party.
6. You tend to call yourself a people-watcher.
Sitting on a bench regardless of weather can be relaxing and watching people walk by, scurrying on the busy street, can be very imaginative. Making up their backstories along with observing their actions gives you the inspiration to find life interesting.
7. You talk to adults more than people your own age.
Talking to people your own age never made much sense to you; you can never learn from them. Talking to your parents and other adults made you feel much older than you really were, but you didn't know that thinking of talking to them has already made you THAT MUCH older.
8. You tend to feel deja vu in a lot of places that you've never been before.
It never fazes you, but sometimes you feel as if you were part of the first humans to ever walk this planet. Looking around at your creations, you can't help but think that you are above some people. (But you never want to brag...)
9. Sometimes, you feel very disconnected, to the point where you think everything is a simulation.
Not to scare you, but some people do feel like this... once in a while... they may be lying...
10. The question "why are you alive" hits you all the time, every night at 3 a.m.
Enough said.
And there you have it - being an old soul can be both tiring and relieving, knowing that you stand above all the rest. (Just kidding.) An old soul is just like y'all, we're just tired of normal people's bullshit and know what to do with our lives. All in all, we have a purpose. And we are out to find it.