There's a huge difference in believing and following. Did you ever think about this or feel this way? I mean we get to see so many things in our daily life, some of which we do believe but don't follow. And when the gap arises, we get to fall in the trap. It's such a trap that no one can get us out if we can't fill the gap between believing and following.
It can be anything, I'm not just talking about religion. But yeah, if I use any religious example it will be easy to understand. But let me put the light from a different angle. We believe in so many common phrases in life like we need to do this or that. We believe in different life-related quotes or philosophies. But when it comes to following them, we move back.
Some people are new to the faith and choose to believe the things they don't want to follow. A lot of people lose faith in the end and decide to give up. Other people do it reluctantly but when faced with death choose to believe and live. Where are you on this matter?
How can we reduce the Gap?
Well, you have to take action, you have to start following what you believe. No matter if it's about any charismatic leader, your religious rules, your life understanding or your boss. If you want to change, if you want to see yourself what you believe if can make your life better; you have to take action for that.
Take a baby step, like just one. And move forward. A lot of steps will make a huge walk count. Like if you do believe that your boss is doing a certain thing and if you also can adapt that you will do better in your professional life. Then do follow that. Take the step and reduce the gap.
Only believing can't give you any good results. Turn your believing into following and be what you believe.