DoyouknowwhatFearandFaithhaveincommon?Fearbelievesinanegativefuture.Faithbelievesinapositivefuture.Bothbelieveinsomethingthathasnotyethappened.SoIaskyou,ifneitherthepositivenornegativefuturehashappened
DoyouknowwhatFearandFaithhaveincommon?Fearbelievesinanegativefuture.Faithbelievesinapositivefuture.Bothbelieveinsomethingthathasnotyethappened.SoIaskyou,ifneitherthepositivenornegativefuturehashappenedyetthenwhynotchoosetobelieveinthepositivefuture?
Ibelieveduringthesechallengingtimeswehaveachoicebetweentworoads:thepositiveroadandthenegativeroad.And (ourbuscan'tbeontworoads) atthesametime.Sowehavetomakeachoiceandthischoicedeterminesourbeliefaboutthefutureandtheattitudeandactionswebringtothepresent.
I'mnotsayingweshouldn'thaveanyfear.Therearetimeswhenfearisagift.Ahealthydose(剂量) offearcausesustoexamineoursituationandplanforthefuture.Itmovesustosmellthecheeseandexpectchange.Whenusedwiselyitallowsustomanageriskandmakebetterdecisions.Somefearisgood.
However,whatIhaveobservedlatelyisasupersized,hugedoseoffearthatisspreadingtheheartsandmindsoffartoomanypeople.Thisoversizedfeariscausingleadersandtheirorganizationstoeitheractunreasonablyortonotactatall.Theyareeitherhurryinginamilliondifferentdirectionsbecauseoffear.Inbothcases,fearisleadingthemtotakethenegativeroadtofailure.
Theansweristhepositiveroadpaved (铺满) withfaithandabeliefthatyourbestdaysarenotbehindyoubutaheadofyou.Withthisbeliefyoumaketherightchoicesandactionstodaythatwillcreateyourpositivefuturetomorrow.Youstaycalm,focusedandcommittedtoyourpurpose.Youlookforwaystosavemoneyandcutcostswithoutmakingunreasonablefear-baseddecisionsthatsacrificeyourfuturesuccess.Youidentifyopportunitiesinthemidstofthechallengesandyoufocusonsolutionsinsteadofproblems.
Yourfaithandbeliefinapositivefutureleadstopowerfulactionstoday.Thefuturehasnothappenedyetandyouhaveasayinwhatitlookslikebythewayyouthinkandact.FearorFaith.Thechoiceisyours.
41.Accordingtothepassage,wecanknowthat___.
A.FearandFaithhavenothingincommon
B.bothFearandFaithtrustsomethinginthefuture
C.neithernegativenorpositivefuturewillhappen
D.peopleusuallychoosetobelieveinthepositive