Potential

Break The Chain: One day a man went to the Circus. He saw many animals; some very powerful. He noticed that all of the very powerful animals were kept caged up. All except for the Elephant. The Elephant looked to be probably the strongest of all. But, the only thing used to restrain him was a little bracelet and chain around one leg fastened to the ground with a peg! The man wondered why the Elephant didn’t try to break free from this restraint. He noticed a man who was taking care of the animals and asked him this question. “Why doesn?? this powerful Elephant try to break free from this little chain”? The animal keeper just laughed and said: “Many years ago when the Elephant was small and not as strong as he is now, he did try over and over to break free. But he just couldn’t do it. Finally, he just gave up and has never tried again to break free. He doesn’t realize that with time he has grown bigger and stronger. He just thinks, “What’s the use! I can’t do it. I tried before and couldn’t do it. I won’t even try.” Sometimes we forget that circumstances change. Perhaps you set a goal for yourself some years back. Maybe it didn’t work out. You might reason “I tried, it didn’t work, I can’t do it, I won’t even try again.” However, could it be that over the years your circumstances have changed? Re-analyze. Perhaps you now are able to break free of restraints that at one time prevented you from reaching your goals.