The Elephant Rope - Short Motivational Story
The Elephant Rope
A Young boy was walking through an elephant camp, and he spotted that the elephants were not being kept in cages or held using ropes.
All that was holding them back from escaping the camp, was a small piece of rope tied to one of their legs.
As the boy gazed upon the elephants, he was completely confused as to why the elephants didnot just use their strength to break the rope
and escape the camp.
They could easily have done so, but instead, they did not try to at all.
Curious, he asked a trainer nearby why the elephants were just standing there and never tried to escape.
The trainer replied, when they are very young, and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age,
its 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 only reason that the elephants were not breaking free and escaping from the camp was that over time they adopted the
belief that it just was not possible.
Believing you can become successful is the most important step in achieving it.
No matter how much the world tries to hold you back, always continue with the belief that what you want to achieve is possible.
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