The Elephant & It's Tiny Rope





Once upon a time a very wealthy merchant was passing by a jungle on a business trip when he saw a large herd of elephants, he suddenly stopped confused, after noticing the fact that these huge creatures were being held only by very tiny ropes tied to their front legs. There were no chains, neither were there cages.

It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reasons, they weren't.

He saw a trainer nearby and decided to asked why these animals just stood where they are never making any attempts to get away.

“Well,” trainer said, “when they were very young and much smaller we used the same size rope to tie them and at that age, it's enough to hold them.

As they grew up, they were conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They still believe the rope can hold them back, so they never try to break free.”

The merchant was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stucked right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us still go through life hanging onto a limiting belief that we can't do something successfully, simply because we failed at it before?

As we go about our daily activities let's not forget failure is only a part of learning; we should never give up only because we've tried to succeed at something severally but failed..

Life is all about putting continuous efforts into achieving our set goals until we succed..

Never stop! Never settle!!
Always remember the elephant.

Keep achieving!!


Courtesy: Bokima Cyril Homes Ltd (BCHL-Lagos)
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