The Elephant and The 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? How many of us are really living a life that we had planned in a certain way? How many of us are aware of the strengths that are present in us? Like those elephants, we are conditioned to lead a life in a particular format that is being followed by the majority of population. We are so involved in that kind of life that, we don't even have the time to think and analyze about ourselves. But, if we are successful in finding out our capacity and capability of our Strengths and choose a life related to that field, we may lead a cheerful life and achieve things which give us more satisfaction.

Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life..

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