Old story

Today, I have read an old story which can still inspire me after several years gone...

When a baby elephant is born, it quickly learns to walk. Baby elephants have a tendency to wander off. Therefore, when the baby elephant is very young, one of its’ hind leg is tired to a metal pole anchored into the ground. The baby elephant tries and tries to pull its leg away from the rope keeping him from wandering off. The baby elephant tries for many years; however, by the time the elephant is full grown, it has learned that it can’t wander off. Therefore a powerful and mightily full grown elephant will never even try to leave its area because it believes it is tied down. However, by that time, the rope has been completely eroded. The only thing keeping this elephant from running away and destroying a lot of things in its path is his belief that he is tied to that rope.