I’ve always really liked this story because–We are often like the elephant in this story–We’ve tried to make changes in the past and it didn’t work so now we believe that it’s not possible.
As a man was passing by the elephants at the circus, 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 didn’t.
He saw a trainer nearby and asked:
“Why don’t the elephants try to get away?”
The trainer responded:
“Well, 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 haven’t been able to do it before?
How many of us are held back by believing something that really isn’t true?
By believing that there is a rope holding us back when really there’s no rope at all, just our conditioned beliefs about what is possible for us.
Sometimes, just like the elephant, it’s hard to see our own limiting beliefs.
That’s where I come in. I help you to identify the limiting beliefs that are holding you back and keeping you from breaking free to feeling good, inspired, optimistic, hopeful and empowered to be able to live the life you want to live.
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Sometimes it takes an objective, third party to help us get “unstuck” and positively moving forward!
