Very simple logic but very true!!
As I was passing the elephants, I 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.
I saw a trainer near by and asked why these beautiful, 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, 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.” I 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How many of us are being held back by old, outdated beliefs that no longer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”