3. Joshua 1:9
”Have I not commanded you? Be strong
and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not
be discouraged, for the LORD your God
will be with you wherever you go.”
5. Elephants are among the most intelligent of
the creatures with whom we share the planet,
with complex consciousnesses that are
capable of strong emotions.
Elephants are the largest land mammals living
on the Earth today. They have no natural
predators—other than man—and can live
between 50 and 70 years.
6. Symbolic elephant meaning deals primarily
with strength, honor, stability and patience, among
other attributes.
In Christian symbolism the elephant is an icon of
temperance (Pagpugong sa kaugalingon),
patience(pailub), and chastity(kaputli).
The elephant also has immense determination and
loyalty - always standing up for others and always
defending members of the group in its
natural habitat.
Elephant Symbolism/Meaning
7. Reliability = kasaligan
Dignity = Dignidad
Power = Gahum
Royalty = Royalty
Pride = Garbo
In many western cultures, the elephant
meaning pertains to themes of...
8. Happiness = kalipay
Longevity = kataason
Good luck = Pampaswerte
As a Chinese symbol, the elephant is
considered a symbol of:
10. Figure out what the ropes
are that have been holding
you in place and cut ‘em.
11. Psalm 27:1 NIV
“The LORD is my light and my
salvation— whom shall I fear?The
LORD is the stronghold of my
life— of whom shall I be afraid?”.
Like the elephants, how many of us
go through life hanging onto a
belief that we cannot do something,
simply because we failed at it once
before?
12. Sometimes it stems from having been told we
can’t do something or being told we aren’t
capable of something. Other times it comes
from stems from having tried once and failed at
something and now we are convinced that we
just can’t do it. All we see is that rope around our
leg holding us in place.
What we BELIEVE about ourselves is the MOST
POWERFUL thing in this world.We have a
choice to believe.We can make the decision to
break free from any perceived ropes that have
been holding us back and go for the things we
actually want.We just have to choose to believe!
13. Psalm 56:3-4 NIV
3When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise— in God I
trust and am not afraid.What can mere
mortals do to me?
“There are no failures, just
experiences and your reactions
to them!”
… Tom Krause
14. Your attempt may fail, but never
fail to make an attempt.
Whatever you can conceive and
believe, you can achieve!
CHOOSE not to accept the false
boundaries and limitations
created by the past.
16. Lesson learn
Many times in life, whether a thing is worth
doing or not, really depends on how u looks at
it.Take up all your courage and do something
your heart tells you to do so that you may not
regret not doing it later in your life. May each
and every one of you be blessed with the
company ofTRUE FRIENDS. A true friend is one
who walks in, when the rest of the world walks
out.War doesn’t determine who’s right.War
only determines who’s left.
17. Just remember what Jesus said..
Joshua 1:9
”Have I not commanded you? Be strong
and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not
be discouraged, for the LORD your God
will be with you wherever you go.”
As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”
The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.
I think every one of us can relate to this story and the feeling of having failed at something or another over the years. Over time, we can begin to think that we are not capable of doing a particular thing and we accept this as the truth and limit ourselves to a very confined world. We think to ourselves ‘ah I tried that before and it didn’t work out, what is the point in trying it again and wasting my time, I don’t want to look like a fool!’ And this is how we start to shrink and contract and settle for a life that is ‘safe’ and ‘less than exciting’. However, if we could look at all the so-called ‘failures’ in our lives as just stepping stones along our path and decide to respond in a way that is positive, saying ‘ah well, at least I tried, now I know what doesn’t work so it makes my next attempt clearer!’ Treat it like a process of elimination, gathering momentum and staying focused on what we would like to achieve, trying this way and that until we succeed!
So, don’t limit yourself to a small world, stop confining yourself to a life that is restricted, break free of your mental boundaries and expand out into this magnificent kingdom that we live in! The world is your oyster! Don’t confine yourself any longer to the belief that you can’t do something, shatter those thoughts and beliefs and spread your wings and fly! YOU can do anything you set your heart on, if you just believe it! Go on, just try it and never mind what the outcome is, just enjoy every experience you encounter in your life and embrace every bit of it! So what if it takes you 10 attempts or 100! Which will you regret more…the things you did or the things you didn’t do?! It’s all a journey so let’s make it AWESOME! You will never know how far you can go until you have the courage to do it! And if you fall, just get up again… that’s all!
Horror gripped the heart of the World War I soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant if he might go out into the “no man’s land” between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back.
“You can go,” said the lieutenant, “but i don’t think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your life away.” The lieutenant’s advice didn’t matter, and the soldier went anyway. Miraculously he managed to reach his friend, hoist him onto his shoulder and bring him back to their company’s trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench, the officer checked the wounded soldier, and then looked kindly at his friend.
“I told you it wouldn’t be worth it,” he said. “Your friend is dead and you are mortally wounded.”
“It was worth it, though, sir,” said the soldier.
“What do you mean; worth it?” responded the Lieutenant. “Your friend is dead.”
“Yes, Sir” the private answered. “But it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive and I had the satisfaction of hearing him saying, “Jim…, I knew you’d come.”
