Africans are like the elephant in the zoo. The elephant may have the power to knock down a building, but because it believes it can’t break the chain or string, even if the chain or string exists only in its mind, it doesn’t even try. … Such, too, is the condition of the African mind. Somehow we have come to believe that we’re incapable of doing anything for ourselves. This kind of [elephant in the zoo] thinking prevents us from achieving our full God-given potential. And it prevents us from seeing circumstances as opportunities & setbacks as stepping-stones. It is these mental chains that need to be broken. —S.K. Pipim, The Transformed Mind, pp. 222-223.
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SAMUEL KORANTENG-PIPIM,PH.D. , is a US-based Ghanaian author, inspirational speaker, leadership trainer, and an advocate for youth empowerment. He was trained in engineering and systematic theology, and has authored more than twenty books. They include his bestselling works Hope Through the Dark, Six More Chances, Healed Wounds but Ugly Scars, and Patience in the Midst of Trials and Afflictions. Dr. Pipim currently directs two Centers for Leadership Development known as EAGLES (Empowerment & Advisory Group for Leadership, Excellence, & Service) and ANANSE (African Network & Advisory for Needed Services & Excellence). www.EAGLESonline.org. He also serves as a special consultant on Bible projects for Remnant Publications.
Watchword
Be an EAGLE, Not a Chicken
