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Looking For Love
 (ARA) - Is there one true love for everyone?
Yes, says a majority of Americans. In a recent national survey
about matters of the heart, 60 percent of those surveyed believe
everyone has a soul mate.
Young adults, more than any other
group, have faith that Mr. or Ms. Right is out there. The survey
says that 77 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds believe everyone
has a soul mate waiting for them.
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“The survey results underscore
the belief people have in the idea of one true love,” says
Sean K. Murphy, author of the novel, “The Spirit Man,” and the survey sponsor.
“A majority of Americans -- men and women equally -- believe
everyone has a soul mate. And when they find them, they commit
to them.”
Nearly three-quarters of the
true believers say they have found their soul mate, while the
remaining quarter is still out there looking. Those who say they
are with their soul mate now are married and have children. |
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And forget all the hype about
the Internet or matchmaking services being the ticket to true
love. More than 90 percent of Americans who have found their
soul mate say they discovered them right under their noses. Half
of them say they found their soul mate by happenstance. A quarter
met their soul mate at school, and 17 percent say they fell in
love at work. Only two percent met on the Internet, and fewer
than 10 percent met their soul mate on a blind date.
Murphy says the findings contradict
those who would say romance is dead. “We believe in love,
and we are willing to search for that one special person we’re
meant to spend our lives with.”
Murphy’s novel, “The Spirit Man,” traces the journey
of one young man who finds a way to return to his past and undo
a tragedy that separated him from his soul mate. “We all
have thoughts about our past and things that might have been.
This book explores what would happen if we could go back and
correct those mistakes,” Murphy said. “The Spirit Man” is available online
at Barnes and Noble or your local bookstores. |
