Food for Thought 2012

As a man was passing a group of elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the
fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their 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.
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.
“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.”


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