When someone we know seems wise beyond their years, we call them an old soul. This is so common that we don't really think about what it means. In fact, in the next sentence we might say that we don't believe in reincarnation. Contradictory beliefs often sit side by side within us until we look deeply at them. Sometimes we have to examine the inexplicable in our own lives before we are able to see the truth. That was the case with me. My earliest memory of such an experience was in Venice as a young college graduate. It was our first day there and my girlfriend and I were lost. We were tired f
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