"The Secret" Works for Weed!

[Coelho]

I can confidently say from years of experience with this consistent phenomenon, that the more certain I am that something will work, the better chance that it won't.

And you only watched the secret last summer, long after you have noticed this... then you tried to use the secret in your life and unsurprisingly... it didnt work! Why was so?
Because youre yes using the secret, but unconsciously and only against yourself. You even says:

Based on obvious and consistent experience, I give more validity to Murphey's Law than the Law of Attraction.

So, obviously, things must go wrong for you. If you think that everything will go wrong in the worst way, and if you believe in it with your deepest feelings, than of course it will be so.
And the mere fact you give credit of the Murpheys law shows the validity of the Law of attraction... your pessimism attracts the Murpheys law. And it validates your pessimism. Its a snowball effect...

The secret does not work for the shallow words thought repeatedly, as people thinks. Just thinking "i will become rich" several times each day wont make you rich. The secret works only for our sincerest and deepest feelings and beliefs. Because only they are strong, deep enough to influence things. If you tried it but was sure that it wouldnt work, then it just couldnt work.

I watched 60 Minutes last weekend and they had a feature on why the Danes are the happiest people on Earth. One guy's theory is that it is because the Danes are somewhat glum and pessimsitic by nature. They have low expectations, so when things turn out not to be so bad after all, they are really happy about it. I thought this was really funny. But maybe by expecting great things to happen, you set yourself up for disappointment.

Or like the buddhists say: the desire is the cause of pain...

Actions speak louder than words. Words speak louder than thoughts. Thoughts are useless until they become words/actions.

I would say that words also are useless unless they become actions... words by itself does nothing... they are just sounds in the wind... words only have effect if the one who hears it does (or doesnt) something because of them...