Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero - The Elephant and the Rope

Episode Date: May 9, 2020

There's a parable about an elephant in a circus, being held in place by a rope tied around its leg. A man walking by takes notice and begins to wonder how these enormous, powerful creatures are so easily constrained.  After all, couldn't they break free of the rope by simply pulling on it?  He asks an employee of the circus and is told that the elephants have been tied the very same way since they were babies. When they were young, they didn't have the strength to break free.  As they got older, they accepted this reality and never realized they had become strong enough to snap the rope and change their situation. This episode is about examining the metaphorical ropes in our lives and how to re-draw those lines in the sand.

Welcome to Your World Within Daily. I'm Eddie Pinero, and in this episode, we're going to talk about a little parable about an elephant and a robe and paint life's limitations in a slightly different light. So in this parable, there's a man, and he's walking through a circus. And what he's noticing is he looks around.

He sees these massive elephants, right? I'm sure everyone knows how big and strong an elephant is. They have a rope around one of their legs connected to something, and that's what's holding them in place. And he's looking at them thinking, how are these enormous creatures being held in place by these little ropes? They could easily have enough strength to just break free and run around, yet they're not. They're all staying right where they are. And so as he keeps walking, he finds someone and he asks them, you know, how is it? These elephants are constrained like that.

And the person explains, well, when they're little, we do the same thing. We take a rope, we tie it to one of their legs, connected to something. And at that point, they are too small. They can't go anywhere. And every day, you know, we do the same thing. And as they get older, they don't realize that they're big enough or strong enough to break free. Like, they maintain the idea that they're shackled by that rope or tied by that rope. or tied by that rope, that they're bound to the same place.

It's mental. And in fact, most limitations are mental. These elephants don't even realize their constraints are self-imposed. And if you take a step back, if you look at your own world, I think what you'd find is there are more of these ropes than we'd like to admit. And changing that is one awareness and two, a willingness. Like what types of parameters have you made for yourself are you living in just because that's what you've always done? What is your metaphorical rope? Is it a job? Is it a relationship?

Is it a routine? Is it the courage to start something? Like what is holding you back? What stories have you told yourself? Are you living by that dictate your actions and your days and ultimately your happiness that can change with a tug on a metaphorical rope. See, reality, your life is nothing more than what you've conceded to, what you've allowed it to be. It's a line in the sand. And the message today is so incredibly simple. It's to look around you and pinpoint where those lines can be redrawn, where that rope needs

to be pulled. What invisible walls have you created for yourself? Because in life there's one truth, right? Things only stop when you do. Life stops when you decide to stop. And sometimes you realize it and sometimes you don't. Sometimes you need the reminder to look around you and realize how courageous you are,

how much you're capable of if you see beyond the immediate. Because reality was not destined to be. It's what you've allowed. It's what you've created. It's what you've accepted. So let's tear down those walls and build something incredible. Have an amazing Saturday. Catch you guys tomorrow.