Elephants and a Rope Story
Suri was a sweet boy and a wildlife lover. He was fond of elephants, the
mammoth animals. In fact he was very crazy about elephants. However, he never
had a chance to see real elephants. All he saw those mammoth creatures were
only in television and computers. He lived in a small town. The place he lived
didn't provide him a chance to visit the elephants. All his only desire was to
see and touch at least an elephant before he die. Fortunately, when he was 25
years he got a chance to join a crew of wildlife lovers.
He enquired them about their plans and with eagerness, he asked whether they
would take him to see the elephants. And they said yes.
The journey happily began and they visited various places. Suri was so happy
and enjoyed the tour to the core. He was waiting for years to visit the
elephants in real life and the day came.
As they passed through the forests, they walked past a beautiful village. One
from the team said that the village had more than 100 elephants and Suri could
enjoy the entire day in that village. There was nothing in the world that
could measure Suri's happiness hearing those words.
Finally he saw those elephants for the first time in his life. He was amazed
to see the elephants and screamed happily.
After spending two to three hours just seeing the elephants, he was shocked to
see those elephants tied to a frail fence. It was a thin rope, not even a
chain and there was no cage or any kind of shelter where the elephants lived.
Instead, there were simple sheds without any doors.
Elephant tied with rope, Suri was surprised as he knew the strength of
elephants and saw them tied to strong chains in the television. He enquired
one of the countrymen about why they were left freely without any protection
and also asked 'won't they easily break the rope?'
The trainer answered Suri, 'They won't'
Suri was surprised and asked how?
The trainer replied, 'They were trained here since their childhood. When they
were babies we used to tie them with a strong rope and the kid elephants
weren't able to break them. The rope or chain we used to tie them when they
were small. It was strong enough to hold them. A few elephants would try to
break the rope or chain, but could not set them free. So as they grew, they
developed a false belief that the small and thin ropes were too strong for
them to break and they continued to get tied by their belief!'
Suri was amazed as well as shocked. The powerful mammoth wasn't strong enough
mentally to get them free from a thin rope.
However, he left the place as he was happy to see the elephants.
Our lives are like the elephant's false beliefs. We follow the false beliefs
we experience and fail to try out something just because we did not accomplish
it earlier.
Life Quotations With Background Images
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there
If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren't random.
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind.
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the
president of the university.
Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing
Act.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
