Elephant chain syndrome

I was very much of the opinion that I cannot even float on water. I used to visit the canal a couple of times. The canal is a man-made strip of water used for irrigation or public use. There was a special arrangement for washing clothes along its bank. We often visited with cousins and a couple of times I tried to swim but failed. The feeling of getting drown scared me. This somehow pulled me back and I could not learn to swim. Further, as I grew older I was sure I won't ever learn swimming. I was chained by my thoughts when I was young. This reminds me of elephant syndrome. 

A baby elephant at a very young age is tied with ropes and chains. Elephant tries to set himself free by struggling for a couple of days and months. Over a period of time, he realizes he cannot break the chain or rope, and thus he stops struggling. As the elephant grows he does not even try to free himself but the fact is he can easily break the chain if he wants to. 

This syndrome happens with humans also. Children who are really not good in studies or say are poor in studies, do not show that thirst for knowledge. Their childhood failure or experience holds them back. 

Children who are treated inferior due to their friends, cousins or siblings get into superiority complex as a reaction to it. They are chained by their belief and thoughts that they go through at a young age. 

This syndrome is nothing but a memory, a fear that a person carries for a longer time, And over a period accepts it as a fact. 

But the difference in human and elephant is you can overcome your fear your thoughts, provided you want to. I learned swimming last year and it was not at all hard for me. At some moment I decided to overcome the fear of water. I learned different strokes, diving and today it's my fitness exercise. Many people do not have certain food because they have some history related to the consumption  of that food. Sometimes a childhood fear gets converted to phobia, and it's very much medical condition. It has to be treated by doctors.

We can overcome simple fears that hold us back. Sometimes we do not try and without thought we conclude on it, which in the long term may not be beneficial.

One of my friends did not have citrus food or fruits because his father showed an allergic reaction to it. He thought that I will be hereditary but then due to deficiency he always suffered from mouth ulcers and it was to such extent that he could not have food for week or more. Further after ten years he introduced citrus food in his diet and got rid of ulcers. We need to just turn back and work on our fears. We can definitely overcome it. 

We should turn back and work on our fears to overcome it. At a young age, it's just belief that turns into decisions. let us not have any fear, explore the fun, Overcome your fears. Give it a try maybe something that didn't work earlier, things may work for you over a period of time. Things change, our physical abilities also change. 

Let's keep the difference, we are not elephants. Try and break the chain for betterment.