A Motivational Story
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 any time, 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 getaway. “Well,”
trainer said, “when they are very
young and much smaller we use the same
size rope to tie them and, at that
age, it’s 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.”
The man was amazed. These animals
could at any time break free from
their bonds but because they believed
they couldn’t, 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?
Failure is part of learning; we should
never give up the struggle in life.
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