The Elephant

 

The baby Elephant was fitted with a steel collar around its rear left leg and chained to a post.

The baby Elephant did not like the restraint and pulled and tugged with all his might until his hide began to cut.

As he grew larger, thicker collars with stronger chains were used to hold his increasing size and strength, until his spirit was broken and he accepted this situation as his lot in life.

The Elephant grew to be a huge bull elephant with long tusks. He was extremely strong and capable of great work.

At the end of each day’s work, he was chained to the post which had held him as a baby. The Elephant could now easily tear the post from the ground and disappear into the forest free to live his life as he pleased. The Elephant did not believe that this was possible and therefore did not try.         

 

Moral:

Do not assume that old issues that thwarted your success in the past, can hold you back now from realizing your dreams.

 

Jim

Feb. 2021