"The Devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for."
Doesn't this sound familiar?
Any woman reading this will most likely relate to that quote like I do. That one... that one burns deep down to the very depths of my soul.
No, we aren't talking about the Bible.
We're talking about the very thing that breaks hearts all around the world and leaves women shattered on the floor in pieces, wishing they had never let their walls down for him -- deception.
Well, what about it? It sounds like a game -- simple on the surface, really -- but truthfully, deception is one of the most complicated mind games out there.
The action of deception -- when someone you thought you knew deceives you -- is rarely purposeful. You see, the subconscious part of your brain has a way of knowing way before you do just exactly the type of person you envision as your soul mate; the type of person you connect with on the highest level of spirituality attainable, the type of person your soul knows it's been looking for all its life. And so, how does deception come into play?
Reality. Your soul will connect with this person almost instantly. You won't know how, or why, and God, you were so stupid for believing it was him. Your soul will feel the fire the chemistry fuels, and it will embrace every minute of it. The deepest part of your physical being possesses no logic -- only connection. Doesn’t it make sense when they say that your head likes to fight with your heart? Picture your soul as a small child that doesn’t know any better. Don’t take away his candy -- he’ll cry. Don’t take away his binkie -- he’ll scream. Don’t take away what the soul wants to call love -- it will mourn.
However, there lies one sad truth that hides away in the excitement of a soul mate.
We are taught to believe there is only one.
Deception -- there will be more than you can count. A soul mate for a minute -- a passerby you couldn't find the guts to speak to. A soul mate for a week, a month, a year. Three years. Three decades. Thirty seconds. The coldest part of this truth proves to be that two souls that wrap themselves in each other for a period of time will, without a doubt, untangle and never find their way back again. The universe gave them to you for a reason and took them away the second you learned. The stars are intelligent, but your soul is not -- and it will weep for them to come back, because your soul was never taught to lose the one thing it believed could set you free.
The grief we experience -- that's our soul. A friend, a boyfriend, a husband, a wife, a stranger. Two souls that cross paths once and never again -- quite possibly the oldest and saddest tale one single being can tell.
