Words Shape Reality #reticularactivatingsystem #speaklife #christianmarriage #powerofwords

Your RAS pays special attention to the words you speak about yourself, about others, and about your circumstances. When you repeatedly say, I'm always stressed, I'm so stupid, my marriage is hard, I'm not good at this, or about your spouse, he never listens, she's so critical, your RAS starts scanning the world for evidence to prove those statements true. It's like programming a search engine to return only results that match your keywords. It becomes your echo chamber. But the good news, the opposite is also true. When you choose words like, I'm growing, God is working in my marriage, I'm becoming more patient, my spouse has a good heart, your RAS starts highlighting evidence of those truths. It doesn't ignore the hard thing, but it stops magnifying them and starts noticing the good.