Tuesday, June 29, 2010

大象的故事

老师说了个真人真事给我们分享。一只小象从小到大就给一个马戏团收养训练,小小就把他绑在一棵大树下。他从来就不懂逃脱,也不会想去看外面的世界。6年后,小象长大变成了大象也是一直被绑在树下。
有一天,马戏团大火,全部人及动物被烧死,大象也是,其实他已经长大了,他有一定的能力挣脱大树而逃跑,但他却不会,而被大火烧死。
这故事是跟我们说,我们从小到大都在同一个环境生长,我们的潜意识早已被定位,有很多事情明明自己做得到,但也会误以为做不到或没有信心去做。打个比喻,有一对夫妻,老婆喜欢把喝不完的汤放隔夜,第二天弄热再吃,老公不喝,他说汤是不能隔夜喝的。在偶然的情况下,老婆发觉原来家婆从小到大都灌输孩子这个“汤不能隔夜喝”的观念,所以老公就不喝隔夜汤了。
所以说,一些我们从小到大都做或一些因家庭背景而养成的习惯或信念不是一定对的。每个人都应该放开怀抱去接受新的事物及挑战,不要小看自己的适应能力及学习能力。

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My yoga teacher told us another real story... An elephant was brought up by a circle, and he was tied at a big tree since young. After 6 years, he has grown up to be a big elephant, but still tied under the tree. One day, the circle caught in fire, and the elephant was burn and died. He could actually run away as he is big enough to escape from the big tree.

The story is to tell us that we could not think like the elephant. All of us are brought up in a certain way, and we are subconsciously think that what we do and think are right. We are too comfortable with our life, and never prepare to change it anyway.

Never under estimate yourself, you wont know you can do beyond your capability until you try it!

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