Look into my soul, tell me what you see.

Before the end of last year, I went to see a psychic with a friend. I went to be supportive because she felt she needed some spiritual reassurance and guidance. I too had my reading done and as how I have vowed to not share the specifics with what she told me about my upcoming life, two things she did tell me about myself have predominantly stuck out and made me feel like I know and understand myself a little bit more.

1) Im an empath psychic.

When she told me this I wasn't really sure what that meant, so I was sure to look it up in further detail as soon as I had a chance and this is what the web told me:

"Empathy is the ability to sense the feelings and emotions of others, without their telling us, verbally, what they are thinking and feeling. Often, someone who is an empath needs to learn basic shielding techniques - otherwise, they can find themselves feeling drained and exhausted after absorbing the energies of others."

Boy did this hit me like a brick. Everything just made sense. Everything. Close friends and even boyfriends have always thought it was weird how I was so adamant on gut feelings that I got around certain people, when there were no 'hard facts' to support my conclusions, but it always turned out, I was always right. Also, why I believe in energy and the energy you create yourself and give off and its effect on everyone else.
Sometimes people ask me if I believe in God, or if I'm religious, and my answer is always 'I believe in energy and I believe in the universe and that everything is tied together in a crazy cool way.'

2) I'm an old soul.

Whoa. Wait, what?! No. Wroooooooooong. You have to be kidding me!

This whole time I had convinced myself I must be a young soul. I think so much about life, and relationships, and how people effect other people, and what really matters, etc. etc. etc. Theres no way an old soul would be thinking about these things constantly!

Again, I went to my guru, the world wide web:

"There is a special kind of person in our world who finds himself alone and isolated, almost since birth.

His solitary existence isn't from a preference or an antisocial temperament - he is simply old.  Old in heart, old in mind and old in soul, this person is an old soul who finds his outlook on life vastly different and more matured than those around him.  As a result, the old soul lives his life internally, walking his own solitary path while the rest around him flock to follow another. 

 Old souls have the tendency to look at life from a birds eye view, seeing what is the most wise and meaningful way to approach life.  When confronted with issues, old souls tend to see them as temporary and passing pains that merely serve to increase the amount of joy felt in the future.  Consequently, old souls tend to have placid, stable natures as a result of their approach to life."

Okay, okay. Im convinced. Im an old soul. Now I just wonder who and how I was in my past lives.