For over a month I have searched my brain for the specific word or phrase that explains the subject I want to write about. But struggle as I went through the, “Starts with a p?”, and travelling from one thesaurus to another, I could not grasp the words I should know so well. My brain seemed to just stall. Whereas long ago, I would hesitate to ask anyone’s help because that would mean I was weak or they may think I am stupid. Over the last few years I have become more confident in myself and henceforth I can be very very proud that I don’t know everything. And I can ask for help from more knowledgable or more kind friends who are only too happy to help me if they can. And help me without judgements. And that was exactly what I did yesterday.

I messaged one of my oldest and dearest friends. She is also one of the most intelligent people I know. So I sent her this message: Morning!! I need your brain because Google is not helping me. 😂 I want a specific word and my head won’t find it. I will know it when I read it. Scenario: When negative thought subconsciously cause something to go wrong. The word isn’t predetermined or predicted. But it does start with a p, I think. It means you have caused your thought to become reality by thinking about it. Or there is no such word and I am crazy. 😝 Any suggestions would be helpful.

She quickly responded with: Self-fulfilling prophecy but I can’t think of a single word synonym for it.

She is my hero. That was the phrase. It has affected so much of my life and I wanted to share it in a blog but couldn’t for the life of me find the words!!!

So thanks to a friend I can count on, I will be writing on this topic next. For now I need to eat broccoli cauliflower cheese soup.