Cinnamon Zone

I got this by mail today, I remember passing by something similar soemtime ago...

"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 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 onto a belief that we
cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?"