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hoplessaries:
I use my vision box as more of motivation and I don't put things on there that are outlandish. Some claim they have had great success with things while others claim they only manifested minor things. A lot of people are against psychics, which is what brought all of us here. I think we're all entitled to believe in what we choose and no one should talk down to someone if their beliefs are different than their own. That comment about "paintings and reality getting in the way of said dreams" was just a little bit cynical. I have personally had situations go from awful to great because of positive thinking, faith, prayer, etc... To each their own... If you feel your current responsibilities won't allow your dreams or whatever to manifest then I am sorry for you. My only thing is believe in something or fall for anything. So, if you believe in the secret then go for it. If you don't, that's great too.

sunandmoon:
Hopeless, there is such a thing called reality. I wasn't being cynical at all, I was being a realist. I still owe on my house and live in a state where housing is super expensive. I could sell my house for sure, but at that point I'd be able to afford something just like it, so why would I? My dream house is a big old house on some land and that's just not in the cards at the moment. No amount of prayer is gonna make that happen, no matter how many vision boards I make, how hard I work, how many paintings I buy, pictures I take, or ceramic houses I put up as decorations. I mean seriously, it's money we're talking. It's exactly right that my current responsibilities won't allow my dreams to manifest - you have no reason to feel sorry for me about that. I have debt and that has to go away first. I have to sell my house at considerably more than what I owe. I am a single person who makes well under 6 figures living in a state where housing is crazy.

Unless I somehow win lotto (and I don't play often because I don't like to toss money on an uncertainty) or an inheritance (which is also unlikely as no one is well off in my family) then yes it's reality that this particular dream of mine will not happen any time soon. It's very likely it will never happen. My current house was to be a "starter" house - 5-10 years at most. I'm on year 22. That's life. I'm just happy that I've been able to keep my house through 2 divorces considering my low income at those times AND all the money I threw away at psychics for 18 months.

Does that mean I'm going to stop dreaming of it? Not in the least. But I'm also not going to run out and get the book or any other, and live by every single principle it preaches - because I fully believe in what I'm already doing.

I have certainly had situations go from awful to great as well, love life, financial.... but this is serious money we're talking about. I have also found that being realistic in life gives me less disappointment.

You actually spoke of being realistic in your prior post so I'm confused as to why you suddenly thought my post was cynical and not realistic.

As for people being against psychics, I don't think many of us on here are actually against them. I think many of us came here hoping to discover real psychics. For me, I discovered that many psychics actually said the exact same thing to many people, which kind of leads me down the road of "wow did I waste my money!"

That and the fact that what I really wanted never happened so........

kindred:
Sunandmoon,

I think it is awesome that you still continue to dream of your lovely home out on a bunch of land but that you continue to stay grounded and realistic. When I had up my vision board I had a Bentley Convertible on it dreaming I'd be out riding on some coast with my hair blowing in the wind  8). Did I think I would get such an expensive car? Maybe someday, but most likely heck to the no on that one lol but it was my dream car and I liked to look at it, it made me happy everytime I glanced at it because it would bring me back to that image of me riding down the coast. At the time I needed a car and eventually I got one but I do not feel it was because I had the picture up on the vision board. I can't even say that looking at the board kept me focused on getting a car because everyday I woke up walking out to the bus stop I knew I needed a car. I cut back on some things, saved (would've happened quicker if I stopped with the readings sooner), and searched and searched for the right car for me until I found it.

Some things on the board happened and others did not but I can say that the ones that did where those that I actively pursued so whether or not they were on the board, I believe they would have still happened because I worked towards them. Having taken the time to make a vision board and it being over a year after finally taking it down, I would not use one again because I personally don't find it necessary but I will continue to dream of that car and my oceanfront property where I can open my windows and listen to waves instead of the sirens of the city.

Funny thing though, I have really straight lifeless hair and my sister has curly bouncy full hair. I want hers and she wants mine. She hates that when she wants to wear her hair straight she has to use so many products and blowdry then flat iron and I hate that to get volume I have to use so much hold spray. My point is that we have to be careful what we wish for. I really believe God (or whomever anyone chooses to believe in) knows what is best for the individual and that we will be provided what we need. Maybe that Bentley will be too much for me to maintain and I will miss the sirens I've lived around for so long when I finally make it to the beach. Who knows?

sunandmoon:
Kindred, maybe we should buy that house together? :)  I have to say that a few years ago, in the midst of the affair, I "ran away" and went on a vacation to a state that a song reminded me of. My mom later told me that we had camped there but I never remembered it, just figured we had passed through on the way to other places. Anyway, this state is not an ocean state. I think to get to the ocean it would be a 7 hour drive from the closest border. I do live in an ocean state, there is a decent beach 40 minutes from me and some really nice ones 90 minutes from me. Well I totally fell in love with this state, it's everything that someone who loves "old", privacy, space and the outdoors can dream of. I can completely see myself living there. The rivers are so clear you can drink from them. And the ocean can be a weekend trip instead of a day trip.

Ahhhh the dream car. I have always wanted a convertible. I looked at Mustangs at a time when the prices had started to skyrocket and I just couldn't justify it. Someday I'll have that convertible, no idea what it will be but I will have one!

I have to laugh at the hair, just the other day someone told me how great my hair looked! Well it was humid and it had waved up a bit, it has a lot of natural curl to it EXCEPT when it's dry out which is all winter or when I worked in a closed office environment. In the summer you tend not to see it because I keep it in a ponytail or something to keep it off my neck. I told her I had spent years with perms and hair products trying to get it the way it looked that day and had given up and let it do its own thing now, since it tended to do so despite the stuff I did to it. I do still run some gel in it some deep winter days. It's so funny how everyone always seems to want what the other person has!  :)

ps - I'm not sure you'd miss those sirens to be honest!  :P but i know what you're saying WRT what we can handle.

HUGS!

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