text: I hesitate to say we have "A" soul mate, I believe marriage is something you have to continually work on and compromise through, and the idea of a soul mate tends to bring to mind some kind of sublime bliss that does all the work for you because you were "destined" to be together. Having said that, I DO believe that we are certainly more compatible with particular types of people such as those that share our long term goals, our faith, want children (if we do also), etc...but I think it's possible to love more than one person in your lifetime, such as in the case of the death of your spouse, I believe it WOULD be possible to love again under the right circumstances.