I feel that their are "soul potentials" instead of soul mates. I feel that the concept of soul mates can be limiting. Could see it possibly puting some folks in a state of waiting instead of actually being at peace with themselves and living life fully. I've discovered that life is the harmonious blend of predetermined rhythm in your body, spirit and in the nature of the infinite universe, the choice to surrender to that rhythm or not, and the additional choice of once being one with that rhythm guiding it in any direction to be and do anything.
So really a soul potential is someone yes that is a blessing from God/Universe. Yet not necessarily a blessing that needs extraneous effort to recieve, its an automatic phenomenon that comes with being at one with yourself and the universe. The interconnection of your true self(the witness of your body) and your true self's inherent connection to God brings all the love, security and peace already there. With that connection being allowed between two surrendered individuals there is boundless depth for spontaneous love. May sound like fluffy but its far from it, its practical and yes you run into many soul potentials when your at natural and one, being-your self. The universe and life is complex like that, not black and white, yet the truest most natural way to approach it all is ultmately effortless, with the act of allowing and having a kind subtracting pure awareness from the inside out.