THE MIND TRICK.(-is in your head)
Are you resolving to fate?
Do you think that positive changes are impossible?
Do you doubt that your country can be better?
You are not alone, it happens to each and every one once in a while.
Most times we loose hope in ourselves,
Most times we feel we can make it,
Most times we feel okay and relaxed at a place,
Most times we are scared of flying high,
Most times we are scared to take the next step in our relationship , career, academic and most times spiritual life.
Most times we are frightened by progress.
I believe that all human being are in one way or the other held down by mental chains. And the solution to this chains are also mental.
I read a story of a man who visited a zoo and realized that the elephants in the zoo had one of their front legs tied with a thin rope and in confusion, he asked the caregiver and trainee why and he said
"Well, when the were very much young and much small we used tiny rope to tie them and at that age it is more than enough to hold them in, but as the grow they still) believe the cannot escape, they still believe that the rope still holds them, and they never try to free themselves."
From this story, the elephants can free themselves but their mindset is limited to that tiny rope. They believe that trying to break themselves will paralyze them.
Like this elephants,we humans also think that we can't do something, simple because we may have failed once or twice.
This negative effect of something is called PYGMALION EFFECT. when we believe that we are not able to achieve a goal, we loose ourselves in the process, our self-esteem diminishes.
There is also a positive Pygmalion effect, this is purely high Self-esteem. People that experience this effect have so much faith and believe in themselves. They believe the cannot be held down by any mental chain.
There are many types of mental chain, they "I cannot" , the chain that tie us down to our partners, to our home, to our city, to our career, to our country. Chains of not knowing how to be alone, fear of discovering new places and things. I have heard people say " better is the bad I know than the good I don't know" and that is a very terrible mistake, it makes you loose out on many opportunities to know or do good and positive things. There is also a chain that makes you feel safe at the job you have, it does not allow you to explore any possibilities. But remember anything that ties you down and does not allow you to fly higher is a chain.
Let us not be like the elephant, free your self from any tiny rope, embrace new tasks and race, remove stumbling blocks that prevent you from trying new things.
Same goes to every Nigerian that thinks that the country will never get better. I urge you to stand up and vote. get your PVC and cast your vote. kill every "my vote does not count" spirit and let us get Nigeria moving again.
Never forget the only limit in our lives are the ones that we create with our mind. even the bible said " as a man thinketh so is he"
The power is in your mind don't let it trick you.
-LIETTY KAMAH.
