08/07/2017
I want to let you in on a relationship secret today. You may not realize it, but you're carrying a magnifying glass around with you right now. We all do in our relationships. The only question is: what are you focusing on with it?
The good? The bad? The ugly? The past? The gaps?
The way you answer that question will usually explain a lot about your relationships. Because what you choose to magnify, you get more of. A magnifying glass always enlarges what it's focusing on. So if you're using your focus to review the past mistakes in a relationship, that's what you'll get more of. If you're using it to focus on everything that's not being done the way you wish it was, that's what you'll get more of. And if you're using it to review all the ways your relationship is lacking — you guessed it — that's what you'll get more of.
If you operate with a perspective that's focused only on the negative, your relationships will always be forced to operate from a deficit. But if you will instead fix your focus on the good in your relationships, on the strengths, you can actually multiply that.
Your relationships may not be where you want them to be today, but if you'll offer your support instead of your criticism, you'll make it possible for real, lasting change to occur.
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"Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing."
1 Thessalonians 5:11
