Elephant tied to a stake!

I heard a great analogy today that I feel appropriately describes many Christians today and in my context, Asian American Christians... hypothetically we are all elephants, gradually raised, attached to a chain and stake.. but over time we grow, in knowledge, strength, resources, discipline, you name it, but we never roam and conquer the greater lands because we don't think we can break the chain that we are attached to... however, over time we have grown into a 500lb elephant! I think proper perspective is the symbolism here! We have the Spirit of the Living God within us, but we don't believe we can even break the chains/stakes that bind us!