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.”
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?
Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.
An inspiring story that can be applied to our personal and professional lives. Love it.
Moral of story could be, you can break through from poor parenting and traumatised conditioning. You may believe you cant do something because you were conditioned to believe that. You can flex out your life by breaking free of your fears and give it a go. You never know! You may fail to begin with, but may surprise yourself if you have faith. The road to success is paved with failure and it’s ok to fail so long as you dont let failure define you 🙂
“Maybe the elephants were smart enough to know if they’d escaped they’d have been shot!” Maybe the elephant couldn’t break loose from the welfare conditioning and fend for him/her self.
Good moral story. Old beliefs have limitations. Let us overstep the boundaries and attempt to do something new. If we succeed, that will be an example for posterity to emulate. If we fail,let’s call it as experience and retry.
Cool story bro ??
Love this story and I will tell it and use it in life
Best moral story
Full of inspiration and motivation !
While when said in a context if an individual who is fully capable, the story can hold true, it is often used as a means to brow beat or shame another into action.
Case in point, a person returning to college and must live with their parents to afford college.
Conservatives use this story to shame the 25 year old for still living with their parents. Stating that the 25 year old doesn’t get a full time job, and attend college full time, because their the lazy elephant.
The story maybe insperatilnal when used in the correct context, but often it isn’t or worst yet, it is used by someone who is ignorant (willful or not) of conditions.
The moral of the story is even that we should never trap, shoot or kill the animals.
Oh that’s cool man ouch ouch
Good tale
What’s the conflict? Please tell me.
Animals are equal wise as human.
We tend to believe that because it didn’t happen today, it is obvious that it won’t happen tomorrow, it high time we look things at God’s perspective and realize that we are giants who are not supposed to be bound by tiny things like worries, doubts, and other, we must stand and do exploits for huber father God.
I love this! Thank you for sharing 🙏🙏🙏 God bless you 🙏🙏🙏🙏
A story which reminds me again that life had made of learning process that while we live, learning is one of the process in life we sometimes forget to remember. A good and inspiring story 🙂
An inspiring story and good as well.
Good job.
It is cool. Really good.
Who was the actual author of this story? I loved the message it was truly inspirational.
You are doing a great job keep it up..:)
What a beautiful story, I love this site…
I loved this story… after my high school I lost my way during my stream selection……your website was one of the ways to bring me back. Thanks a lot 🙂
Good one
Thanks for posting this story…just what I wanted for my storytelling competition!! 😉
Really so awesome… how superb 🙂
Ya. We are bound by such many perceptions…. And we grow negative…. A good one !
Lesson for us.
Lovely stories
I like this story. My rural youth should be thought so…
Very nice story…!!! Hearty inspirational…!!!!
This wonderful story will help people to know what is the meaning of life.
I loved this story!! Do you mind if I use the story or idea of it? I am a art student…
Please feel free to!
This storys helped me alot.. it’s actually unreal. Thank-you so much, my life is getting better by the minute just by following that one peice of advice 🙂 Thank-you! I hope it helped others as well.
Instil a-can-do-attitude always!! be indomitable!
True story! Never stop your feet to go forward. Never assume your are hopeless.
In this new era we shouldn’t belief superstitions…..but very much enthusiastic
Thanks alot this helped me alot to do my prayer at religion class….. and it really teaches me a lesson
This story was very interesting and it helped me to make my oral presentation. Thank you to the person who posted this story.
Thanks for sharing such a good inspirational story. I really like it…
The example and the quote below is simply good. 🙂
Thankssss!!! It will help me for my story telling competition.
Nice story. Post more…
Really nice…………………………..
Awesome approach towards the human philosophy…..!!!
Really superb…………….
People loose confidence due to their failures and never notice their raise in maturity levels, thereby forced to live like elephants life, like in this story.
I will try to do what I once wanted to do but failed at that time. Thanks 4 your awesome way to make, people like me, understand this true fact.
Yes that is true, we forgot that we are now bought up and we can do everything which is in the world …. thanks for the simple but sweet story..
Very good.
How foolish?
Awesome approach towards the human philosophy…..!!!
Each day live differently
So nice…..!!!
really superb…………….
It is called conditioned reflex or sham reflex which is natural in all living. Actually it is good to save life, but human are thinking creature they should give up this mental block
It was pretty good.
Nice really nice
Nice story, sometimes stories may change persons life, thanks post more.
Maybe the elephants were smart enough to know if they’d escaped they’d have been shot!