It's said that only once in a lifetime will we find true love. It's a journey we begin at a very early age, for some a journey that is short, others a journey that lasts a lifetime. Our search for what can be so elusive and oft times painful, creates within us all a reflection of all we experience along the way. Our thoughts, feelings, and ideals about true love are fostered by each and every moment and event on the pathway of this life we live. We are sometimes lulled into believing we have found true love, our second half, only to wake to the realization it simply was not meant to be. We experience hurt, disappointments, and begin to question the existence and reality of true love. We close ourselves a bit more. Guard ourselves against trusting and believing. We dig deeper within ourselves and find the strength and resolve to never give up. Our inner voice keeps calling to us, telling us our journey is not yet done. We are not meant to go through this life alone. Our inner conscience reminds us as babes we had to learn to crawl, learn to believe in ourselves. One day we chose to stop crawling. Stood on our own and took that very first step which began for us all a walk on the pathway of life. We experienced feelings and emotions that made us see life for all it was meant to be for us.There are pains, hurts, lies, deceptions and all the worst ills that if allowed, can break down our resolve and become the taint that causes our souls to bleed. Yes there are losses, yes there are days which can be devastating. Days that can close us to all around us and leave us a simple empty shell. We build walls, lock the door to our hearts and throw away the key. I lived this life. Every word I wrote is from my walk on the pathway of life. I experienced so much ugliness in this life I refused to believe true love existed. I became for all a souless empty being. I gave up and let myself stop believing. Then an epiphany hit me. It was me who was to blame for all I lived. It was me who chose to let life break me. It was me who stopped believing. It was me who let my resolve be broken. It was me who was going to take back my life and learn to walk again and stop crawling. Nothing in this world is stronger then a soul that has the resolve to achieve it's goals. I am 54 years old and 2 years ago I found on this site a truly remarkable woman. She accepted me at my worst. Broke down all my walls. Found the key to my heart and opened it. She supported me, listened to me and became my best friend. We shared so many things in common. We both lived and experienced the same hurts and pains. The one difference between her and I was the fact she held in her heart a unbreakable belief in true love. It was this belief that brought her into my life. A life since meeting her has become the reason for all I have become. My life was nothing without her and everything because of her. She held in her soul the one thing my journey on the pathway of life was meant for me to find. She was and will always be my truest love and greatest friend.