"YOUR ATTEMPT MAY FAIL, BUT NEVER FAIL TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT."

As my friend was passing the elephants, he 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. My friend saw a trainer nearby 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." My friend 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? So make an attempt to grow further.... Why
shouldn't we try it again?


"YOUR ATTEMPT MAY FAIL, BUT NEVER FAIL TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT."