Consider the vessels that offer you soulful passage

“Love alone is not enough. Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom. Relationships fail not because we have stopped loving but because we first stopped imagining.” ― James Hillman

Talk of soul mates often veers to descriptions of lovers, partners or spouses yet Thomas Moore describes soul mates beyond this sphere of intimate sexuality by emphasizing the alchemy of friendship. He describes potential soul in various relationships: "The soul in relationships".

In his piece specifically about soul mates, "What is a soul mate?", Moore stresses:

“All of our relationships may be soulful to various degrees,” Moore said. “So you may have a friend that is very close to you, and you could call them a soul mate, even though they’re not a lover.” In his extensive study on the history of the soul, including what it is and how it’s been written about, Moore found that “when you look at Western history, in almost all the books, every spokesperson for soul has written about friendship as being the best model for a soulful relationship. So even if you’re lovers or spouses, the friendship dimension is probably the most soulful aspect.”

Your soul mate may be on the friend ship.