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 can 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?
Moral: Failure is a part of learning. We should never give
up the struggle in life. You Fail not because you are destined to fail, but
because there are lessons which you need to learn as you move on with your
life.
