Two main thoughts today:
1 - it is absolutely amazing to me that the Tigris and Euphrates have kept the same names for this many millennia. The only other place name I can think of that has kept a name for so long is Egypt.
2 - Human was split in two - and the halves become Man and Woman. What does this mean about our relationships? Apparently Plato also theorized about the splitting of the original human - and from there developed the concept of "soul-mates" - spending your life looking for your other half. (I did read this in Plato somewhere along the line, but my source for this tonight is the latest episode of "Bones" - so I apologize if I get my philosophy wrong.)
I must admit that I don't agree with the concept of "soul mate" - it implies that we are intrinsically more static than I believe we are. We change - and adapt, and grow - and our love and relationships grow alongside those changes. And deep love and relationship - at least in my marriage - come from trust that is built over many years. Love grows deeper as trust grows stronger and older.
On top of which, I don't think I'd survive if I married the other half of "me". I have some serious flaws - and Marcus helps to smooth those out.
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I like to think of Heidi and I as yin and yang. She completes me, but is very different from me. Think of how two halves of our brains work, covering all the bases. They are definitely not the same.
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