Why what You Say becomes a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Natalia Costa
6 min readDec 13, 2021

Stop being a speech terrorist

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Is the power of speech a real thing? Can you actually influence your reality according to the words you choose?

“No matter what anybody tells you words and ideas can change the world.” Professor Keating in Dead Poet’s Society

Words do have an impact in the way you feel and, consequently, in the way you behave. Think about it: if you repeatedly hear “You’re so smart! You’re so smart! You’re so smart!”, especially when you’re most susceptible to take those words as the truth (when you’re growing up), you’ll end up intaking that belief and unconsciously behaving accordingly.

So what is it about words, vibration and intention that make them so impactful to the human being? Why does what you repeatedly say to yourself becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy?

1 — You Are Made of Water

The human body is made of 50 to 75% of water. Babies contain higher levels of water (typically from 75 to 78%) dropping to 65% by one year of age.

Vital organs are made of 71 to 84% of water (brain, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys). Even bones are 31% water!

The water contained in the human body serves a variety of purposes:

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Natalia Costa

Human being 🐒 Engineer by day, Poet by night ☯️ Writing about emotional intelligence A.K.A. applied quantum physics. www.bynataliacosta.com