This past weekend in San Jose I heard a great analogy that deals with fear and faith. Both very closely similar with one single difference. Think about it…
What is fear? Is it not believing in something that has not yet come to pass? You have fear, become afraid, or experience anxiety because you believe something will happen that has not yet happened. (ie. I am afraid of public speaking because I may mess up or I am terrified to walk down a dark alley because someone may attack me.)
And what is faith? Faith is believing in something that cannot be seen or has not yet happened. You look forward with anticipation, hope for, or trust that because you believe something will happen that has not yet happened. (ie. I believe that if I teach my children to do what is right they will become great people or I look forward to warm spring weather.)
Both have a degree of knowledge and experience that comes attached for instance, common knowledge or past experience. Common knowledge declares that burglars or predators attack in dark solitude spaces and wisdom and experience states that for the last bagillion years spring has brought warm pleasant weather.
So now what is the difference? Here it is folks. Faith is believing in something that is positive or attracting positive uplifting experiences into your life. Fear is believing in something that is negative or attracting negative degrading experiences into your life.
Now I know that in some cases this analogy does not work like in cases that we have no control over, but for instances that we do have control over I love how this analogy applies.
So in instances where you can, drop the fear people. Trade that fear for faith and move on. Instead of having fear for public speaking, have faith that you will reach or motivate 1 person or many people. Instead of being afraid of anything look for something good have faith in that and hold on to that when the fear or anxiety rears its ugly head. And for goodness sake never walk down a dark alley, just saying folks!
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