What I said in my blog post was "80 dates in 6 months in 18 different countries. That's Jennifer Cox's challenge in the memoir, Around the World in 80 dates. At 38, Jennifer is at her breaking point. She can no longer just sit around in London, waiting for "Mr. Right" to come for her, going through bad relationship after bad relationship as she waits. So, she goes to find him. After much planning, emailing and quitting her job, Jennifer is prepared for journey." However, I have progressed very much in this book. Already, I'm up tp after date 55 in her journey. And this date is special. In this date, she finds her soul mate.
I find it really interseting that this is gow Jennifer attempts, and succeeds in finding love. Many people just hope they will meet the person right for them, and continue there lives. Sure, some people make small efforts like going out hoping to meet someone, but Jennifer really takes this matter into her own hands. I don't really think she wants love any more than most people, just deals with it differently. Most people don't plan 6 month long trips around the world dating many many various strangers.
I think how Jennifer Cox handles her loveless life really says something about human nature. The fact that she wrote a memoir that people actually read, or just common knowledge, tells us that this really is different. And the fact that this is different really emphasizes people and how the regularly deal with love. Are we supposed to just sit around waiting for the right person for us to just show up? Or are we supposed to go out looking for them?
Truthfully, I'm not sure.
Something I might disagree with Jennifer is that how do know there is "a one." Maybe they're are just people whom we can love and love to spend time with. But that doesn't mean there is one set person out there for you. There could be multiple, or no "Settness" at all. Just getting along, and loving it. However, I don't think we are supposed to go looking for them. Yes, it's fine if you do. Because if you don't look for them, you may never find them. This is the case for Jennifer and her soul mate. He lives in Seattle, and she lives in London. If her journey hadn't started, then they'd never have met. But, as I said before, we probably don't have one set soul mate. If we did, yes, go look for them. But since we don't, we should just sit back and let them stumble upon us.
Another Idea this got me thinking about is fate. My blog post above is talking about how they're may not be "a one soulmate." And the question my book brought up about whether or not you should search for love.
Jennifer Cox did search for love. In her memoir, Around the World in 80 Dates, she's on a journey searching for her soul mate. However, i'm not so sure this is the way to go. I don't know if I believe in fate. But, the idea that we shouldn't go searching for our soul mate because we probably have multiple people to love got me thinking that fate could have a roll in that.
Could the reason our human nature is to not go searching for our soul mate because we believe fate will bring them together, or not, depending on if they are actually meant to be together? I don't mean that stuff thats like " fate wants us to be together forever." No. I mean more like we are not supposed to go looking for our soul mate because we have multiple people we can love. And fate will lend a hand and help bring two people together. Fate doesn't determine who is supposed to be together. It brings them together. They determine if they're supposed to be together.
So, I believe that if there is not a single soulmate for people, it's human nature not to go on a search for love because fate will bring a person you love to you.
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