Hanging on to a Belief
Hanging on to a Belief!!!As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, confused by the factthat these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied totheir front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephantscould, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, theydid not.I saw a trainer near by and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animalsjust stood there and made no attempt to get away. "Well," he said, "whenthey are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie themand, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they areconditioned to believe they cannot break away.They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to breakfree." I was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from theirbonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right wherethey were.Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a beliefthat we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?This will awake "something..." in us isn't it?This is what the reality is!
posted by Deeps @ 12/21/2005 02:57:00 PM
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