This is the story about the elephant and the Rope. Once upon a time there was a tourist who was traveling through Thailand. He was passing by some elephants and he suddenly stopped because he was confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. There were no chains or no cages and it was obvious that the elephants could at any time break away from their bonds, but for some reason they did not.
The tourist saw a trainer nearby and asked him why these animals stood there and made no attempts to get away. Well, the trainer said when they were 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 tourist was amazed. These animals could have any time break free from their bonds, but because they believe that they couldn't they were stuck.
Like this elephants how many of us go through life, cling on to a belief that we cannot do something simply because we failed at it once before. So don't let these shackles and burdens from the past hinder your progress in life. Past failures shouldn't point to the direction that your life is going. You should decide and respond in a way that is positive. You must say to yourself, at least I tried and get on with it. So don't limit you to a small world, stop confining yourself to life that is restricted. Try new things meet new people explore this big world of ours.
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