Once one passes through the entry gates of time and space (Laurel, this applies to you), it may be handy to know that simply dwelling upon joy, abundance, or anything else involving people, will literally draw complete strangers into your life, as if they were puppets on marionette strings.
Creating new and totally unpredictable circumstances that will bring you more, more, more of whatever you were thinking about.
Rebel yell optional -
The Universe
And, Laurel, they don't have to be that strange.