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[Susan Barker]

Hello everybody,

i just started to make my vision board and i have a question. I'm really happy with the way my vision board turned out about things like traveling, getting a new computer and cellphone, getting that job i really want. I was just able to put it together in a way that everytime i look at it i feel so much joy and peace, it's exactly like i had imagined.

My trouble now is about the relationships. For instance one of the things i want in my life is to keep my best friends closer, and be happy with them. Party, laugh, travel, etc. My question is, should i put real photos of me and my friends on my vision board, or should i go get some random photos that represent what i want to experience with them, but without being real photos of us? If that makes sense.

I guess it changes from person to person, but i would like to have your input, because you guys know so much more than me about this things.

Thank you guys 

[schenderson22]

real photos work well but photos that "represent" what you want, work well too!!

[jakecoop79]

My preference is to use real photos.

The only time I would use photos  that include other people is if what I'm trying to focus on and attract is something we haven't done together, so like If I want to take a trip to Italy with my friend, I might use pictures that show people having fun together in Italy. 

I would still make sure I had real pictures of my friends on my vision board.

[Susan Barker]

Thank you so much for your answers, i really appreciated 

I would like to ask something, more specific, if you can help me with it. I've been using real photos of my friends and I on my vision board, and i'm actually feeling really good about it. Feels more real and i immediately start feeling happy and get a smile on my face.
The thing is, i used to have this friend with whom i was very close but because the way that life unfolds we ended up going our separate ways, to the point where this friend is now living in another country (other continent too) and i completely lost contact with her, i just can't seem to find her. I want to attract her back in my life, but to make it more challenging i have almost nothing to "hold on" too. I've lost all of the pics i had with her and now only have like 3 photos where she's either alone or with other friends.

My question is, can i do this? Can i attract a new friendship with her? And if so, how can use this photos i have to help me do it?

I hope i made sense and that somebody can help me. Thank you again for your kind answers, i'm a newbie to the LOA and i welcome all of the input and advice you can give me 

[loveofabundance]

@Susan, you don't need to attract a new friendship with her because the original one is still going strong!  What do you mean you have nothing to hold on to?  You have your memories and joyful feelings of your shared experiences.
The great thing is that simply by thinking of her lovingly and desiring to see her again, you are actually activiating the connection between the two of you.  A reuinion is imminent!  I'm sure that most people on this fourm have multiple stories of not having seen a friend for a long time, thinking about them, desiring to see them and poof!  that friend is back in their life AND it is as if no time has passed.
I have a question to ask you.  Why do you feel that photos are the only tool that can be used to manifest your desires?  Why don't you write in a journal, like many on here do, about how awesome it is to be reconnected with your friend?  Remember, these tools aren't magic spells.  They aren't even necessary.  Basically, what you're doing when you use these tools, is programming yourself to receive that which you desire.  So, if you don't have too many pictures of your friend, don't worry.  Many other people on this forum are a lot more dilligent about using these tools and I am sure that they will all chime in on this thread with all of their tips.
I personally have reconnected with many friends just by thinking about them.  Right now, I am renewing a friendship with someone that I haven't seen in seven years.  I did nothing but think loving thoughts of him and he contacted me.  There is a recent post by another member of thinking about how much she missed one friend, who had moved to a different continent, only to run into her at the corner pub that very evening.
I look forward to hearing about your reunion with your friend!!!!!!

[Susan Barker]

Thank you so much @loveofabundance  Your answer really made me smile

To answer you... i also started a gratitude journal (which is making me so happy everyday) and was thinking about like you suggested to write a journal to help me visualize and feel what i want to attract. I just don't know quite yet what to do next. I mean, do i write, visualize and feel the happiness and joy of having attracted what i want and then forget about it? Don't read it anymore, don't write about it anymore?

You see, for me the vision board, the photos work like perfection. As soon as i have an imagine of what i want my mind just takes me there, i allow myself to do that and i've already manifested so many thing effortlessly by doing so. But in this specific case i don't see this person for way more than 10 years, when we were little, so i only have this vague memories and i have some trouble going back and thinking about all this lovely times we shared, because i can only remember very few. So almost feels like attracting in fact a new frienship, in a way. But i loved your advice and i'm sure i'll be reuniting with her soon. I'll let you know 

[loveofabundance]

do i write, visualize and feel the happiness and joy of having attracted what i want and then forget about it?

This sounds good to me!  If you feel like writing about it more than once I feel it's okay.  I would probably write new wonderful things on the same topic so that it shows an unfolding of the friendship as its coming to pass.
I am very excited and happy that you are pursuing this friendship!  What fun!

[jakecoop79]

I agree with Loveofabundance, I wouldn't get hung up on the pictures.  The vision board is there to create a visual representation of what you are wanting to attract, so that it can help you focus your energies and thoughts on those things.  Obviously photos are a great visual representation, however there are so many things you can put there to help you.
You can draw a picture of the two of you (you don't have to be an artist, stick people will work) or you could find a picture of something you would like to do with that person when you meet up again in life.  If it were me, one of the things I might put on the vision board is a cup of coffee or two cups of coffee on a table, something like that.  To me that would represent that when I meet this person again I would love to just sit with them over a cup of coffee and talk and share and enjoy being with that person and catching up with that person. 
The great thing about a vision board is the freedom you have with it.  Go for it, have fun.

[Susan Barker]

Thank you @jakecoop79  You were very helpful

I've already started my process of attracting this person into my life. I'm yet struggling a bit because i've never tried to attract a relationship, or a specific person before, so i don't really know how to do it. Do you think i should try to take time to visualize it everyday (like 10/15 min) or should i only do it once and let it go?

[loveofabundance]

@Susan, just do what you feel.  This is a beautiful, meaningful freindship that you are "re"-creating.  The less you think your way towards it and the more you feel your way towards it the better.

[jakecoop79]

I wouldn't worry about what is right or wrong.  There is no right or wrong.  If you meditate on it everyday, or maybe only once in a while, it's all good.  Develop a plan that feels right to you.

[siamesegirl]

The great thing is that simply by thinking of her lovingly and desiring to see her again, you are actually activiating the connection between the two of you.  A reuinion is imminent! 
I personally have reconnected with many friends just by thinking about them.  Right now, I am renewing a friendship with someone that I haven't seen in seven years.  I did nothing but think loving thoughts of him and he contacted me.  There is a recent post by another member of thinking about how much she missed one friend, who had moved to a different continent, only to run into her at the corner pub that very evening.
I look forward to hearing about your reunion with your friend!!!!!!

I'm crying reading this!  I haven't seen Ryan for almost 3 years and he is at university (as a mature student) 200 miles away, we haven't been in contact since April and he is seeing someone else now; I really want us to be together again in maybe a small way to start with ................