The Importance of Making Decisions Based on Faith Rather Than Fear

The concepts of scarcity and abundance refer to two reference frames that make a person look at the world in a certain way.

The person who is convinced of the concept of scarcity views life as devoid of opportunities and clings to the small opportunity available to them as the only lifeboat in a sea of uncertainty.

Whereas the person who believes in abundance sees life as full of opportunities and knows that any uncertainty is, in fact, opportunity disguised as fear.

Based on this, it is easy to see that we should all act out of abundance rather than scarcity. However, it seems that the choice to live a life of abundance is a no-brainer, but there are forces that cause people to view life naturally through the concept of scarcity.

So what are these forces, and more importantly, how can we use them for good and for believing in abundance?

These forces can be summed up, although they are many, into two very important factors that lead either to a life of scarcity or a life of abundance: fear and faith.

Making Decisions Based on Fear

Fear is the basis on which we humans base most of our decisions.

Unfortunately, we are all familiar with this type of decision-making because fear is the basis on which we humans base most of our decisions.

We humans are instinctive, so most situations trigger our fight-or-flight response, and we instinctively try to prolong our rest time and remove any uncertainty. But in today's world, the worst that can often happen, even in the most difficult situations, is just feeling uncomfortable, as our fear of the unknown is no longer necessary for survival.

However, we still base most of our decisions on our fears rather than our faith, or, as Indian-American writer Deepak Chopra would say, we base our decisions based on the certainty of the past rather than on the unlimited potential of the unknown.

To his point, when we make a decision based on fear, what we do is rely on what happened in the past to drive our future. This means that when we make fear-driven decisions, we keep replaying the past and affirming that the chances of our future will be recurring events from our past, and when we let fear control our decisions, we limit our chances and condemn us to repeating our past, which seems like an uninteresting way to live our lives.

In the unknown lies “pure potentiality,” as Chopra calls it, the ability of any possibility to manifest itself in the material world. So think about it like this: When we make a fear-driven decision, the unknown is dark and ominous. Fear-based decision-making pushes us away from limitless possibilities and toward the mundane safety of the known, but when we prefer the known over the unknown, we limit our life chances.

What if you are thinking of quitting your job? There is a possibility that you would like it, but when you base it on fear, instead of seeing the freedom and unlimited potential of quitting work and pursuing another path, you will see the downside of losing a salary and potentially creating a gap on your CV.

So, instead of going through the unknown and accepting the consequences that will come next, you resign yourself to repeating the same cycle that led you to dissatisfaction. Who knows? Maybe by quitting your job and even with no plan, you can join groups to meet new people or even travel. It's possible that the experiences you'll get from meeting like-minded people and exploring the world will give you more creativity and motivation than you would while working in an overly comfortable job.

Making Decisions Based on Faith

The unknown is a positive thing for people who have trust and faith in making decisions.

When making a fear-based decision, people may view uncertainty and the unknown as negative. But people who make faith-based decisions see what is uncertain or unknown as an unlimited number of opportunities.

The unknown is a positive thing for people who have trust and faith in making decisions, and it should be accepted with open arms. The future may bring a negative aspect, but it may also bring some positive aspects. When there is no way of knowing exactly what the future holds, it is much better to trust that uncertainties will eventually turn out to be positive.

But what gives this type of person such a positive mindset? What makes them think that the future will always improve regardless of their actions in the present?

Rather than thinking about faith in the traditional sense, those who make decisions based on faith and trust believe in themselves and their abilities and have faith that no matter what the future throws at them, if they stick to their goal and are confident about their direction, they will come out better on the other side. This is because they seized the opportunity.

So think about it this way: when we start from the principle of faith, the unknown is full of possibilities, and decision-making based on trust and faith propels us to the unlimited possibilities of an unhindered future.

Returning to the aforementioned example, what if you are considering leaving your job to pursue an entrepreneurial project and want to pursue a lifestyle that allows you the freedom to travel and work when you want? It sounds like a very cool idea.

Someone might look in fear at this situation and think only of the negatives, such as potential failure, loss of income, loss of savings, and loss of security. However, a person who believes in themselves will be realistic about the negatives but will focus more on the positives, which are an ideal lifestyle, freedom, new relationships, new skills, and the potential for huge earnings.

When we think about the future, instead of visualizing everything going wrong, even if it's only for a few seconds, what if we imagine everything going well? Both possibilities are reasonable.

So if you quit your job and go on your own as an entrepreneur, things might be "good" because you're going to build a successful business. It may not happen, but if you have faith that every experience you have while trying to build your business will give you positive experiences with positive people, then you will be better off than you are today, even if the company fails.

You can use the lessons you have learned from this job to create a stronger business, and while traveling, you may discover your true passion and purpose. But otherwise, everything will remain unknown to you, and you may meet your future partner in an entrepreneurial group. The possibilities are literally endless, and if you view failure as the best teacher, then all possibilities will be positive.

When you think about it this way, the most damaging thing you can do to yourself is not pursue a higher goal out of fear. When the possibilities are many and positive, you will feel safe in the unknown, so give your life room to grow and choose a safe path by accepting all possibilities, because more positive possibilities mean a greater possibility of happiness and seem to be the safest scenario imaginable.