Nice Email Forwards: Is your mind Conditioned? [Short Story]

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Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Is your mind Conditioned? [Short Story]

Forward from Vanita

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?

True ...Right???

posted by Tags Mechanic @ 8:13 AM

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