As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, confused by the fact
that these huge creatures are being held by only a small rope tied to their
front leg. No Chains !! No Cages !!
It was obvious that elephants could, at anytime break away from their bonds
but for some reason, they did not. I saw a trainer nearby and asked why
these magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.
"Well", he said, "when they are very young and much smaller we use the same
size rope to tie them and , at that age, its 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."
I was amazed. These animals, which have the strength to lift gigantic
weight, 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, many of us too go through our life hanging onto a
belief that we cannot do something, simply because we believe we cannot do
it or because we would have failed at it once before.
MAKE IT HAPPEN – ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ IS NOTHING