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 any time, 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 on to a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?
" Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams"
Good one, Mashallah, Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLook at it from another angle, from young age if children are moulded the way we want they will continue to behave the way they were trained. You can call it Tarbiah
ReplyDeletevery nice i heard this before but the u presented in this blog is superb..... Thnks for sharing an inspirational knowledge...
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