The Elephant Rope

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?

Failure is part of learning; we should never give up
the struggle in life.

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