a shackled mind

The Elephant rope

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.

Moral:  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.

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Illusioned by Art~ 2005

I sat and watched as the stationary sun rise
one vision from two eyes
a black sky turned to blue
a rainbow of colors
the sky went through

I saw a cloud that look like a fish
shooting star make a wish
there was a flower in open bloom
living beauty I plucked
for a closer view

I heard the chipmunks morning chatter
echo off the mountain sadder
a rainbow grew across the sky
the forest dew drop shower
began to subside

I saw a black cloud swiftly go by
a bunch of birds together fly
I saw my relection in a still pool
some where behind the face
is an illusion of you… myself

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 food for thought

 

Limitations, you’ll never know what they are until you test them.

 

 

I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.

Kelly Lynch

Know your limitations, then defy them 

 until you spread your wings

you’ll have no idea how far you can walk

 

 

UnShackle the Mind and Live to your Fullest Potential

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