faerylvr
I think sometimes readers use "old soul" as a catch phrase, rather than believing it one way or the other. While I believe in old souls, I don't think that always means past lives and I NEVER use it when reading. My 6 year old on the other hand has what I call an old soul... he would rather worry about global warming and whether the Earth can fall out of orbit if we pollute to much, then play with his cars. I have been known to tell him he has an old soul, but only in the sense that he doesn't seem to know how to turn off worrying about things on a level that most 6 years old don't even know exist. He will chat worm holes and black holes and light years with the best of us. To me, that is an old soul.