Move Forward

Through the twisted rope attached to my belly button, generational myth passed on to the building block of my DNA. Parted I was, independently I thought, the world is mine and I am of the world. The sound resembling floating tubs moisturized as cotton mothball gaining weight while sinking into the deep. I am awakened to the revolving door of another season, yes, it is another new year. A transitional experience that repeats every 12 months. It is time to pause, it is time to ponder, it is a time of reflection, it is time for contemplation, it is time for gratitude, overall, it is time to move forward.

I am reminded of a story that was told to me by one of my elders: “Young man went to the Circus, and he just happen to pass by the area they kept the Elephants; he noticed that one of the elephants is tied on one of his feet with a skinny rope onto a single chair. “This is a 1200 LBS elephant that is tied onto a chair?” He thought to himself, this is very unsafe, as the elephant, with no effort, can easily pull on the rope and get away and it could be very devastatingly dangerous to the crowd.

As he was wondering this, one of the trainers passed by, so the young man asked, “trainer, isn’t it dangerous to just tie the elephant with a skinny rope to a simple chair? He can easily get away?” The trainer explained: “see young man, when this elephant was just a toddler, he was tied with the same rope to the same chair. Back then, he did not have the physical strength to get away.” So, the elephants have been mentally trained and conditioned that he could not get away. Although he is physically capable, he is mentally incapable.

Yes, the revolving door of the new year happened two weeks ago, but the constant reminder continues: it is time to move forward. We may had had some conditions or situations in 2022 that we thought we could not get away from, this is the time to move forward. It is time to breakaway independently from the myths of our pasts. Lets not continue to be mentally enslaved to those conditions that hold us back. Free ourselves and move forward!