کودکی از مسئول سیرکی پرسید:
چرا فیل به این بزرگی را با طنابی به این کوچکی و ضعیفی بستهاید؟ فیل میتواند با یک حرکت به راحتی خودش را آزاد کند و خیلی خطرناک است!
صاحب فیل گفت:
این فیل چنین کاری نمیتواند بکند. چون این فیل با این طناب ضعیف بسته نشده است آن با یک تصور خیلی قوی در ذهنش بستهشده است.
کودک پرسید چطور چنین چیزی امکان دارد؟
صاحب فیل گفت:
وقتی که این فیل بچه بود مدتی آن را با یک طناب بسیار محکم بستم. تلاش زیاد فیل برای رهاییاش هیچ اثری نداشت و از آن موقع دیگر تلاشی برای آزادی نکرده است. فیل به این باور رسیده است که نمیتواند این کار را بکند!
هر کدام از ما، با نوعی فکر بستهشدهایم که مانع حرکت ما به سوی پیروزی است. (شاید حرکتی لازم است)
متن انگلیسی داستان:
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 anytime, 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.”
Frayed
Rope about to BreakThe 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?
Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life! Break through Minded!
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