The Elephant
Rope
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 get away.
“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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