Mirror, mirror

"Bountiful is your life, full and complete. Or so you think, until someone comes along and makes you realize what you have been missing all the time. Like a mirror that reflects what is absent rather than present, he shows you the void in your soul — the void you have resisted seeing. That person can be a lover, a friend or a spiritual master. Sometimes it can be a child to look after. What matters is to find the soul that will complete yours. All the prophets have given the same advice: Find the one who will be your mirror."
Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of love