The Elephant Rope
A gentleman was walking through an
elephant camp, and he spotted that the elephants weren't being kept in cages or
held by the use of chains.
All that was holding them back from
escaping the camp, was a small piece of rope tied to one of their legs.
As the man gazed upon the elephants,
he was completely confused as to why the elephants didn't just use their
strength to break the rope and escape the camp. They could easily have done so,
but instead, they didn't try to at all.
Curious and wanting to know the
answer, he asked a trainer nearby why the elephants were just standing there
and never tried to escape.
The trainer replied;
"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 only reason that the elephants
weren't breaking free and escaping from the camp was that over time they
adopted the belief that it just wasn't possible.
Moral of the story:
No matter how much the world tries to
hold you back, always continue with the belief that what you want to achieve is
possible. Believing you can become successful is the most important step in
actually achieving it.
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