(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.
“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.
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 at Amazon.com and local bookstores.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The soul mate study was conducted among 1,000 adult
Americans on behalf of “The Spirit Man” by Market Facts, an independent
national research firm. It has a confidence factor of +/- 5 percent.
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