I Believe In Kindred Spirits

Suddenly I know you are dreaming and I am there,
I lean over, stroke your hair,
I bend over and kiss your forehead,
the room is dark and unfamiliar to me
except for your presence,
for one brief moment I am with you, and then
  
I lean...

"In everyday usage, a kindred spirit is someone who you feel a special, almost spiritual, connection to. The relationship is based on more than mere friendship or shared interests. Individuals who share a kindred spirit...

No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thine own Or of thine...

i was feeling this so deeply last night. or rather, the absence of kindred spirits in my life. (please note: i'm talking about a friendship sort of kindred spirits, not about any deficiencies in my marital relationship).
i feel so...

dont have time to finish the story.. but think i found mine yesterday... either i thought i did.. or "time of month" pscyosis.. which sometimes can make me irrational.. dunno

I used to believe in the concept wholeheartedly, but I gotta tell you, after the last so called "kindred spirits" did what they did, I can't help but wonder, is there even such a thing?

I still have a bit of hope left inside me for it...

I feel when I meet a kindred spirit I immediately feel comfortable, like I've known them all my life. My husband is my soul mate, but I'm not sure if we are kindred spirits. We compliment each other. When you do find a kindrid spirit...

The people I have connected with most strongly on EP are *definitely* kindred spirits.  Not having ever met them is completely irrelevant I feel.

Like the wind,Like the sunshine,Like the ground under your feet...You will know the connection when you feel it. It is rare and not a thing you can create. If you are fortunate enough to discover it...it is hard to resist.There are...

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities CS Lewis

Kinship will have naked spirits.... Me
Now it you can get all three of these at once...
 

“I cannot express it; but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is or should be an existence of yours beyond you. What were the use of my creation, if I were entirely contained here? My great miseries in this world have...

“The most important distinction anyone can ever make in their life is between who they are as an individual and their connection with others.”

― Anné Linden, Boundaries in Human Relationships: How to Be Separate and Connected...

i do believe i found mine totally by accident
found love then realised was more than that
really have found my soulmate
my very own kindred spirit

I was introduced to the concept of the kindred spirit from reading Anne of Green Gables many years ago.  I'm not sure if that's where the term originated.  I loved Anne dearly, and related to her a lot... I didn't think that...