My elephant cycle
I read about a man who was in Africa. I'm not sure if it was leisure or work, but it isn't relevant.
What is relevant were the elephants he saw. Huge elephants being transported in a group from one place to another by a trainer.
The elephants were bound by a small rope tied around their leg. These huge elephants, large & majestic creatures, could have easily broken free from these flimsy constraints. But they did not.
The man was confused by this, so he asked the trainer, "why do these beautiful animals just stand there when they could so easily break away?"
The trainer said, "well, 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 break free at any moment from their bonds, but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were. The powerful and gigantic creature has limited its present abilities by the limitations of its past.
Like the elephant, how many of us go through life holding onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before? How many of us refuse to attempt something new and challenging because of our so called mindset?
Your attempt may fail, but never fail to make an attempt. Choose not to accept the false boundaries and limitations created by the past.
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