By the same token, the merchant must be sure that his store is clean, well-stocked and appealing to customers. Once that has been done, he prays to Hashem for success.

Each one of us too can work for Hashem. If our source of income (profession, business, job, farm or whatever) is our own, maybe it will succeed and maybe not, but it's liable to be sorely limited by natural circumstances. But, if we turn our endeavor over to Hashem, it must succeed!

The first version says that the Chofetz Chaim answered, "If a person thinks that income comes from his business, then he might try to pressure customers into buying. People, especially prospective customers, shy away from pressure tactics and those who resort to them. If they'd only trust Hashem for their income, they'd spare themselves and others

In like manner, histapkus could be translated as "sufficiency", "adequacy", "satisfaction" and "contentment", but it is actually all four rolled into one succinct term.

When we turn to Hashem with bitachon, and we show Him that we have no one else to depend on – not the boss, the bank manager, the CPA, the lawyer or the doctor – then Hashem fulfills all our needs as well.

Since everything comes from the Almighty, and He loves me so very much, whatever is happening to me right now, is certainly for my very best.

Whereas logic and intellect hinder bitachon, simple emuna is ever so conducive to total bitachon, when a person leans entirely on Hashem.

The more bitachon exceeds fear, the greater one's tranquility of the soul. Conversely, the more fear exceeds bitachon, the greater one's emotional turmoil.

The first mindset, Approach A, the confidence that Hashem will do for a person what he or she needs, is the mindset a person should have before the fact, in other words, as long as the outcome is yet to be determined.