Confidence !
Posted on 14th September 2006 by TaggyAs 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?
Iam Theyagarajan S ( 'taggy') . to know more ,head out to
