A man was passing by some circus elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by what he saw. The huge creatures were being held in place only by a small rope tied to one of their front feet, no chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their bonds. For some reason they made no attempt to escape. He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. "We'll," the trainer 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.
These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right there. Like the elephants, we may be going through life hanging on to a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before. There is really no such thing as failure, only feedback. Consider trying again. It may set you free!
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