Date men and women from United States / Arizona / Aguila, 54 year old

Date men and women from Aguila, United States. So here goes. I want to be deeply connected to someone; a soul mate, a kindred spirit. I think I am uncommonly kind and supportive. Since I believe empathy for the other person is at the heart of the matter it would be great to come upon someone about whom other people say, “She’s the nicest person I know.”
What I want to know is are your looking for someone with a fun loving sense of humor, who's spontaneous, energetic, and has a romantic side that includes (but not limited to) long walks along the river or mountain trails, sunsets at the coast or snuggling under a blanket during a torrential downpour, enjoying a nice relaxing evening listening to music at the park, shopping the Farmers Market or creating chemistry in the kitchen. Are you someone who isn't afraid of a little public displays of affection...because like some other dating sites, you may not be getting '29 dimensions of compatibility' from my profile, but that's the excitement of something new. It's kinda like a box of See's chocolate candies, without that little index card that tells you exactly what you're getting, it's up to us to decide which one's are yummy and which one's are not.
A sense of community and civility means a lot to me; empathy and forgiveness too. Naively or not, I assume the best in people and so find a jaded outlook, judgmentalism, grudges and gossip pretty unattractive. I will answer any message sent to me if even only a sentence saying thank you and wish you well. Would be nice if everyone did that because in a way we're all in the same boat.
I think that giving and receiving romantic gestures keeps a relationship young; that sharing intellectual and spiritual curiosity deepens it; and that exchanging wit and wordplay and humor and pranks is just plain fun… I like movies that make me think hard and laugh hard and foreign films as well. You would laugh at my music favorites. I like travel, history, and believe it or not, stones: fossils, ruins, relics (no, not me), and gems (yes, perhaps you).
And I hope she has real passion, whatever it may be. A spark makes a person vivacious. I get very involved in supporting my “significant other’s” passion; it’s part of why I’m attracted to her.
By the way, some of this may make me appear confident and independent. In many ways I am. But the truth be told, in some ways I’m not. I do NEED a loving person.