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How many of us are being held back by old, outdated beliefs that
no longer serve us?
How many of us have avoided trying something new because of a
limiting belief? Worse, how many of us are being held back by someone else’s
limiting beliefs?
Whatever you can conceive and believe, you can achieve!
CHOOSE not to accept the false boundaries and limitations
created by the past.
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