10/07/2022
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ
As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg.
No chains, no cages.
It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.
โWell,โ trainer said, โwhen they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, itโs enough to hold them.
As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.โ
The man was amazed.
These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldnโt, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?
๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด; ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ.