Challenges Online posted on April 24, 2009 23:23
It's called Mindset
A friend sent me this story recently and I feel the moral of this story refers equally to People with Disabilities.
Besides, I believe the following is a powerful quote to live by:
“Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals."
Thank you Mjeffry Sashitaran and Nivendran Veerappan
It”s called Mindset
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." & CHOOSE not to accept the false boundaries & limitations created by the past.
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