One of the best meshalim I’ve heard is from Rabbi Shafier. In India, strong elephants are tied with flimsy ropes to stakes in the ground. The elephant can easily pull it out and escape. Why doesn’t it? Because it’s been trained to think that it CAN’T. When it was a young baby elephant, the stake and rope were enough to imprison it. Now, it’s imprisoned by the memories of trying and failing so long ago. In fact, it’s imprisoned by NOTHING MORE than its own preconceived notions. If it would but try, it would be shocked at what it can accomplish.
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