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The Elephants

 
As 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 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 in this poem..

How many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before..?
How many of us are held back every day due to the belief that we do not hold within us as we once have that we can break away from any situation?? ....
As we get older and civilisation and society grows we become more dragged down by people and by peoples laws....
Always remember...
No one owns you, People may dictate but they may never own you.

UNKNOWN AUTHER 2005