As a man 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 any time can break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” 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.”
The man 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?
Moral: Failure is a part of learning. We should never give up the struggle in life. You Fail not because you are destined to fail, but because there are lessons which you need to learn as you move on with your life.
February 13, 2014 at 3:14 pm
this is just right , we are ruled by our mind and belief
February 18, 2014 at 3:16 am
the elephants were hungry and they were intelligent to figuere out that theyd get some real dirty food and stones pelted at inthe middle of the city by other people .the tuth is that the elephants loved their trainer n like a child did not want to leave his master ..id say elephants are fairly intelligent creature themselves .thats the moral .
March 2, 2014 at 4:28 am
super story,excelent moral.
I LOVE IT
March 20, 2014 at 6:53 am
Lovely story. Excellent !
Those who didn’t understand or didn’t like. Get your brains checked pls !
March 21, 2014 at 6:07 am
Its called conditioning for all those who have no clue of what the above story is about !
April 7, 2014 at 9:49 am
such a good moral inte resting that we should try try again
April 26, 2014 at 4:57 am
a good lesson 4 all of us
June 15, 2014 at 7:41 am
we must have the belief that failures are pillars of success
June 23, 2014 at 10:48 am
This is all about social conditioning. We are socially conditioned from a very young age by our parents, our school, the TV, radio, friends, family, church, newspapers etc. If we break away from our social conditioning we wont be controlled by all these mediums.
June 28, 2014 at 5:41 am
you fail not because you are destined to fail,because there are lessons which you need to learn as you move on with your life.