BREAKING THE MENTAL BARRIERS

I remember once 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 the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not.

I saw a trainer nearby and asked why these ‪#‎beautiful‬,‪#‎magnificent‬ animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. The trainer replied, "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 ‪#‎life‬hanging onto a ‪#‎belief‬ that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?

Remember, your attempt may ‪#‎fail‬, but never fail to make an attempt. Choose not to accept the false boundaries and limitations created by the past. TRY AGAIN.

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