When I was in my freshman year in high school (I'm a senior now), I noticed something that led me down a path of 'relevance', so to speak. I noticed that whenever I would obsess over one particular thought or conversation in my head, and hold a mental image of it or run the words through my head, anywhere from almost instantly to several days later, it would happen. At first, I dismissed it as me being an idiot who didn't know S***, but the evidence quickly skyrocketed as I started to observe this constantly happening, form held thoughts to quick, momentary fleeting ones.
At the end of my first semseter, my world studies teacher showed me this:
http://www.thesecret.tv
If you don't have the money to purchase it, you can watch it on youtube for free.
keywords "the secret, youtube"
My first attempt was to use this to get a rootbeer. i kept focusing on the taste, how it looked , and how the taste filled me with a pleasure sensation. my parents bought me one later that day

This truth gave me hope that I never could have had without knowing this.(although it took me three years to really get the hang of it, mostly because of the movies wording, but it was {and still is} WAAAAAAAYYYYYY worth it).
If anyone has questions about this, I'll answer when I can (I'm currently in the process of switching schools)
P.s I apologize if the wording is a bit weird. I'm really tired right now.