Mindset

in life •  6 years ago 

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 any time, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.

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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.

Bottom line: Your attempt my fail, but never fail to make an attempt.

The above story is not written by me. It was taken from ‘Medium’

As the story has some kind of relationship with elephant, sharing one picture of elephant which was taken during my tour of Srilanka in elephant orphanage.

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Hope you will enjoy.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Howdy from Texas dindar! I loved the story and the lesson and love elephants in general. I think they are amazing animals with gentle personalities and great memories!

Thanks and glad to know that you liked the story.

Howdy tonight sir dindar! yes sir it was great and that second photo is amazing so well done!

Very good example, it’s seen in the human, the baby who gets good treatment at it’s early age, when he/she grown up, bears that in mind and behave good dealings to others. Thanks for sharing an excellent article.

You are most welcome.

Nice blog

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Thanks.

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A very good lesson to remember dindar.

Thanks friend.

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