What is An Old Soul

<p>For a couple years during my decade at Outward Bound, I worked for the youth program with kids that were about 14-16 year old. I remember once there was a boy, maybe 14 years old, and I asked him what kind of life he would like to live. Did he want to travel the world? Live in a city or somewhere rural?</p><p> </p><p>And he said, “You know what’s weird? I don’t know why, but I see myself as this old guy, just wanting to sit at a cafe at watch the world. And I’m wearing a beret, listening to people play music outside, and I’m smoking a pipe and just thinking and reading. It’s like I feel old already. It’s weird. My friends…they want to play sports and have fancy cars and stuff. But this is what I want to do, it’s how I see myself. And they make fun of me when I say that. I feel like I don’t fit in.”</p><p> </p><p>And I’m like who IS this kid? It was so beautiful to hear this, and I told him not to worry - that he’d find people with a broader range of interests and views, especially once he got to college.</p><p> </p><p>If I knew then what I know now, I would have taken that opportunity to talk about Old Souls with him.</p><p> </p><p>You may have heard that phrase before - “Old Soul.” This isn’t literally a soul that’s been around for thousands of years. After all, souls are ageless and transcend the concept of time and beginnings and endings.</p><p> </p><p>Rather, it’s more about a feeling we have that we can see through the illusions of existence, and we experience a deep sense of longing to “return home” back to Source. </p><p> </p><p>So while some people relentlessly pursue material or worldly goals like money, material objects, prestigious titles, lovers, and professional success, Old Souls can’t help but consistenly seek truth, wisdom, love, and freedom <i>beyond</i> the material plane.</p><p> </p><p>Now, I want to be clear here that an Old Soul is not “better” than a younger soul. Old Souls just have an <i>easier</i> time connecting with the essence of who they truly are beyond their socially conditioned