When we meet the right person to love when we're at the right place at the
right time. That's chance. When you meet someone you you're attracted to,
that's not a choice.  That's chance.  Being caught up in a moment (and
there's a lot of couples who get together because of this) is not a choice.
That's also a chance.

The difference is what happens afterward. When will you take that
infatuation, that crush, that mind-blowing attraction to the next level?
That's when all sanity goes back, you sit down and contemplate whether you
want to make this into a concrete relationship or just a fling.

If you decide to love a person, even with his faults, that's not a chance.
That's choice. When you choose to be with a person, no matter what, that's
choice. Even if you know there are many people out there who are more
attractive, smarter, and richer than your  mate, and yet, you decide to
love your mate just the same, that's choice.

Infatuation, crushes, attraction comes to us by chance. But true love that
lasts is truly a choice. A choice that we make.

Regarding soulmates, there's a beautiful movie quote that I believe is so
true about this: "Fate brings you together, but it's still up to you to
make it happen."

I do believe that soulmates do exist. That there is truly someone made for
you. But it's still up to you to make the choice if you're going to do
something about it or not. We may meet our soulmates by chance, but loving
and staying with our soulmate is still a choice we have to make.

"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have
trouble remembering how to fly."