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佳作欣赏:Follow Your Dream!(ZT)

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发表于 2004-10-8 22:10 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro.
, s$ W" Z! E7 K; N; RHe has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money ; ~& H! a/ x; `6 v4 Q0 `8 M
for youth at risk programs.
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9 R0 K, F$ f, k$ L2 A5 k  v' @' PThe last time I was there he introduced me by saying, 'I want to tell you
( G! x+ t: c. o% `5 xwhy I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young
) H* }# a* w; f: P# D+ [man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable 0 A; U3 G+ p, i
to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training 9 w: L/ w, e; u1 m
horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted.
% t7 y9 ~# r# ]4 a8 G  oWhen he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted , x+ F# X/ x  J
to be and do when he grew up. 5 G0 n. n( k+ q1 K& b9 s
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'That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday
9 j1 \! M' a7 K2 Q# Aowning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even
% v& L8 _" ^( F1 z0 g) q* Odrew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings,
" K4 O8 m( F0 b: P9 Fthe stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot
; e: u+ y9 U1 \' X7 U/ l+ Thouse that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. 1 T) h8 T- M% Q. n3 d6 j5 U# B
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'He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he 8 x0 k4 L9 d7 ?0 j
handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. 7 P/ I3 K. A) c; w. w* e4 {" t
On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after
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4 L. O, o- z- Z  x4 C  w'The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked,
  q( y; f) Q1 B; c`Why did I receive an F?'
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+ `+ a- v3 `2 ~5 x+ c& i; E6 h'The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. 6 T; r/ n! q& Q9 Z
You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. # W+ g' i0 g( G% |4 V0 A; L
Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. + ^: A8 L0 E- L1 m
You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to 2 I3 l7 |$ A# ~" K
pay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher # x9 v; n+ ~2 V7 t
added, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will
/ l3 N0 B8 K, C+ y9 e! Xreconsider your grade.’
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'The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father * t1 ?0 c$ m- V  y! n# z. k' Z1 L& |
what he should do. His father said, `Look, son, you have to make up your
" e5 \3 q1 ^! q5 y5 a: [9 Eown mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for 0 t! p) q" A; U0 v7 g# [8 m' P
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, U9 t' U  c& X" P% L'Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same
. K3 P7 _) R2 R  U5 F8 Cpaper, making no changes at all. He stated, `You can keep the F and I'll
. Q; N( b: p& X4 x/ }keep my dream.'' 1 E4 r7 s6 A7 w$ X# @' g/ i

* l1 D+ q4 }$ ~$ r+ q0 G& @- }5 z3 f; WMonty then turned to the assembled group and said, 'I tell you this story # p; A; Q& [4 v$ g& I. N* B
because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of + P% X4 y# _! m" }1 T
my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the
6 H/ }" h0 h! C* V0 _3 o) |fireplace.' He added, 'The best part of the story is that two summers ago
+ P) X& Q3 t, d) e6 {that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.' $ `+ v$ e& Q5 M. Z
When the teacher was leaving, he said, `Look, Monty, I can tell you this
2 c+ }' N- s. R* lnow. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During
" ]" Q; d1 b0 ~& }6 U( A. ]those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption & \9 ~2 x7 o5 r! o
not to give up on yours.’' ! k1 |; M! [- C/ K6 }/ b" i

' n0 P- A( ]( d* K/ Y  zDon't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
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发表于 2004-10-10 12:40 | 显示全部楼层

啧啧,真是理想主义者

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发表于 2004-10-20 20:21 | 显示全部楼层
Fine
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发表于 2004-10-20 20:43 | 显示全部楼层
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