Soulmate

Lately I have been thinking rather a lot about my soulmate.  If 2012 is going to be only a minor bit as dramatic as it sounds I would love to meet up with my Soulmate before it is too late.

But what is a Soulmate you wonder?

Paolo Coelho in his book Brida puts it this way:

'But how will I know who my Soulmate is?'  Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life.
Wicca laughed.  She had already asked herself that question and with the same eager anxiety as the young woman opposite her.  You could tell your Soulmate by the light in their eyes, and since time began, that has been how people have recognised their true love.  The Tradition of the Moon used a different process: a kind of vision that showed a point of light above the left shoulder of your Soulmat.  But she wouldn't tell the girl that just yet; she might one day learn to see that point of light, or she might not.  She would get her answer soon enough.
'By taking risks,' she said to Brida.  'By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in your search for Love.  As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.'

Do you agree?

And is it possible to have more than one Soulmate?