I love animals (don't we all?) and believe we have much to learn from them. And so I was interested in this article I saw on Wimp.com, a website dedicated to inspiring or just plain fun pictures and videos.
How do you control an elephant? Turns out it might be easier than you think.
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 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. "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. Nor should we attempt to be something we are not.
It doesn't fool anyone anyway.
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
You might be amazed at what you are capable of.
Truly amazed!
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