Trained elephants are often held, in their enclosure, by a small rope tied to their leg. No chains, no cages. Obviously the elephant can, at any time, break away from the bond but it does not.
When they are young, the trainer uses a small rope to tie them. 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 animal can at any time break free from its bonds but because it believe it can’t, it remains stuck right where it is. Like the elephant, we get held back by overpowering bonds of initial conditioning.
We go through life hanging onto a negative belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before. Initial failure often tends to weigh heavy on our belief systems and prevents us from recognising our own potential.
We must not allow failure to blur our attitude towards our aptitude. Failure is a part of learning and growth; it cannot become flimsy reason to be held back in life... the conditioning rope has to be undone by holding on to hope inspired attempts to transform the situation!
Do not allow failure to hold back hope
Choose to break the conditioning rope!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
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