“Let your voice be heard. Don’t stand idly by and let things happen to you. Question everything; be informed.”—Madeline Brewer
THE ELEPHANT WHO LOST HIS IDENTITY
Captive elephants don’t know their own strength. When they’re young, their owner wraps a chain around their leg and connects it to a tree. The young elephant proceeds to try its hardest to detach from the chain, but fails over and over again. Eventually, they give up.
As the elephant grows older, larger, and stronger, they continue to believe the chain around their ankle is their limited physical boundary. The idea becomes so ingrained in their belief system that even when their owners chain them to a small plank of wood they don’t try to break free, even though they easily could.
The elephant is completely unaware of their own potential. They don’t know the power they truly hold. Just as the captive elephant operates on a foundation of lies, chances are, you are too.
RAISED IN CHAINS
Richard Wurman, the TED Talk founder, suggests,…