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. Case in point…
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 because
over time they adopted the belief that it just wasn’t possible.What's holding you back from being set free?
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