 One day, there was a young boy walking in the forest and he was passing a bunch of elephants when suddenly he stopped. He was confused because he saw these massive creatures and they were being held in place by only a small rope that was tied to their leg. No chains and no cages. These elephants, if they wanted to, could easily break free at any time and no one would be able to stop them. But they never even tried to break free. So the boy walked up to one of the elephant trainers and asked why these animals just stood there and didn't even try to break away. Well, the trainer said, when they were very young and much smaller, we use the same size rope to tie them and hold them in place. And at that age, it's enough to hold them. And as they grow, they're conditioned to believe that they cannot break away. They believe that the rope can still hold them so they never even try to break free. And the boy was amazed by this. These animals could break free of this rope anytime but because they believed that they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were. Now, although this is a sad story about animals being held in captivity, it's also a sad story because this is exactly how we as humans hold ourselves in mental captivity. How many of us go through our lives hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something simply because we failed at it before? How many of us hold ourselves in place and never release our true potential because of what others have told us? So just like those elephants, we're so much more powerful than we realize and if we keep trying and getting better, we can break free from those things that used to hold us back. So what's holding you in place? What fear or limiting belief is keeping you from achieving your dreams? It's time to release it. It's time to change your beliefs of yourself and unlike those elephants, break free from the mental chains that hold you in place because only when you release those limiting beliefs will you find out how powerful that you truly are.