{"id":23781,"date":"2013-01-18T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T15:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=23781"},"modified":"2015-09-18T05:23:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T10:23:45","slug":"elizabeth-gilbert-a-soul-mates-purpose-is-to-shake-you-up-so-much-that-you-have-to-transform-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/elizabeth-gilbert-a-soul-mates-purpose-is-to-shake-you-up-so-much-that-you-have-to-transform-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Gilbert: A soul mate&#8217;s purpose is to shake you up so much that you have to transform your life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPeople think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that&#8217;s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change\u00a0your life. \u00a0\u00a0A true soul mate is probably the most important person you&#8217;ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave. \u00a0\u00a0A soul mate&#8217;s purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life. W<span data-offset-key=\"d1op0-0-0\" data-reactid=\".1i.1:6.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$d1op0.0:$d1op0-0-0\"><span data-reactid=\".1i.1:6.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$d1op0.0:$d1op0-0-0.0\">hatever they fired up in you needed to be fired up, but then they needed to go.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<br \/>\nElizabeth Gilbert<\/p>\n<p>RELATED:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=22935\">Thank you to one of my soul mates<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/elizabeth-gilbert-a-soul-mates-purpose-is-to-shake-you-up-so-much-that-you-have-to-transform-your-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Elizabeth Gilbert: A soul mate&#8217;s purpose is to shake you up so much that you have to transform your life&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/elizabeth-gilbert-a-soul-mates-purpose-is-to-shake-you-up-so-much-that-you-have-to-transform-your-life\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/elizabeth-gilbert-a-soul-mates-purpose-is-to-shake-you-up-so-much-that-you-have-to-transform-your-life\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/elizabeth-gilbert-a-soul-mates-purpose-is-to-shake-you-up-so-much-that-you-have-to-transform-your-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Elizabeth%20Gilbert:%20A%20soul%20mate&#8217;s%20purpose%20is%20to%20shake%20you%20up%20so%20much%20that%20you%20have%20to%20transform%20your%20life&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/elizabeth-gilbert-a-soul-mates-purpose-is-to-shake-you-up-so-much-that-you-have-to-transform-your-life\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPeople think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that&#8217;s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change\u00a0your life. \u00a0\u00a0A true soul mate is probably the most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23781"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42850,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23781\/revisions\/42850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}