Love?

How do we know that love really exists? That there's always that one person you are always meant to be with, a "soul mate". Is there really some cosmic force pushing two individuals together? And if so, why don't we meet that person from the start? It would be so much easier if you could just know from the beginning who you are meant to be with. Why go through the process of elimination in the mean time? If there's one person for everyone, someone I'm destined to be with, then what is the purpose of dating? If everything is already arranged then why go through the hard grueling times of dating loser after loser until you find that "perfect" one for you? Whats the point of dating if you know nothing is going to come from it? After all, is it not just a unnecessary process of elimination until you find the right guy? Catch and release theory. You get a guy, and if he's not good enough, let him go, bate your hook and when you get the next bite hope its a great catch.

But I wonder, if this is true, why do some people end up alone? Why do some people lose who they love? Whether it is by death or whatever the cause. How can you cheat on someone you once loved. Or someone who loves you? True love lasts forever, right? I mean, at what point do you decide that the one person you used to love, just isn't worth it anymore? And those people who end up alone, where was their "soul mate"? Maybe they were too busy dating all the losers thinking they were in love, and they ended up letting their true love pass them buy because they were blinded by the loser's deception.

I guess some would say that the search for your true love is all worth it. Although knowing from the start who it is would save you a lot of grief, it kind of takes the fun out of it. Also, going through all the horrible relationships would just make a person appreciate "the one" even more. Knowing where you came from to where you are now makes it all worth while. I have my doubts about love. I do. But you know, I don't believe in many things...but the one thing I do honestly believe in is love.