Many times we remain tied, wrapped, imprisoned in a situation, moment, problem ... which seems impossible to liberate us, we can not reach our goal, do not give up, you can be in the same case as the little elephant.

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When I was a kid I loved circuses, and what I liked most about circuses were animals.
Also to me as to others, after I found out, the elephant called my attention.
During the performance, the huge beast displayed its weight, size and enormous strength ... but after his performance and until a while before returning to the stage, the elephant was held only by a chain that imprisoned one of its legs to a small stake stuck in the ground.
However, the stake was just a tiny piece of wood barely buried a few inches in the ground. And although the chain was thick and powerful, it seemed obvious to me that this animal capable of plucking a tree of rennet with its own force could easily tear the stake and flee.

The circus elephant does not escape because it has been tied to a similar stake since it was very, very small.
I closed my eyes and imagined the little newborn subject to the stake. I am sure that at that moment the little elephant pushed, pulled and sweated trying to break free. And despite all his efforts, he could not. The stake was certainly very strong for him.

I swear that he slept exhausted and that the next day he tried again, and also the other and the one who followed him ... Until one day, a terrible day for his story, the animal accepted his impotence and resigned himself to his fate.

This huge and powerful elephant, that we see in the circus, does not escape because it believes -pop- that it CAN NOT. He has record and memory of his helplessness, of that impotence he felt shortly after birth. And the worst thing is that this record has never been seriously questioned again.
Never ... ever ... tried to test his strength again ...
We go around the world tied to hundreds of stakes that deprive us of freedom ... conditioned by the memory of "I can not" ...