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Follow Your Dream
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/ e! V/ X+ L3 R) J5 vI have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro.
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The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, 'I want to tell you % |# X/ }& s( M
why I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young w8 O/ b0 [6 v/ k
man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable : C" @7 S# b$ X: Q9 ^
to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training
2 Y' t; v! s' Xhorses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted.
! |" W6 f1 }. c: B1 `+ x* JWhen he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted ' J+ l0 j- I$ V! B; i
to be and do when he grew up. % d: C8 l9 U1 s: p. G9 M/ q# {
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'That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday }( z# R6 L4 t- d' @
owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even
( X- z" [! I0 a. `" @: o4 sdrew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, 3 B2 R+ A! h! g( |
the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot 6 N; x2 X$ U( G/ L7 e3 x& P
house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. 3 W }, B5 y7 m! x6 P0 X
8 k6 b t& B W7 R'He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he
: d# ?% X% ~& z5 ?7 S6 o' ?handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. 8 I& z2 `2 ?% n0 g, N& T9 b
On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after 3 O) m2 y3 `' p' y
class.'
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'The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked,
5 F k$ V- u# e! n7 }+ G`Why did I receive an F?' ; j* V. T1 ]; W' }
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'The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. / J4 l# L) N# E4 [" u6 l" O
You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources.
* ~" J6 L/ n1 n, r. e5 H( lOwning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land.
- O) ~6 v( n1 hYou have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to 9 o9 ~- p/ o+ q
pay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher J6 r* U7 v: h( X( p- y
added, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will
& O5 F3 B! M$ m* p0 ?reconsider your grade.’
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'The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father
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own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for 5 C7 r l: h# h) ^
you.’ 2 `' L y1 F3 m
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'Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same
3 U K- g, v; O* qpaper, making no changes at all. He stated, `You can keep the F and I'll 2 k0 u; @% Y# p; s6 d1 Q/ \
keep my dream.'' / i' r* a7 I9 k/ t- P. e5 s6 r6 L
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Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, 'I tell you this story
- }! R9 w6 K5 [$ j$ \, Abecause you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of
4 i' M) a3 T& m \! r4 p( R0 _my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the ; s( \/ }* ], }5 E) I# S
fireplace.' He added, 'The best part of the story is that two summers ago
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When the teacher was leaving, he said, `Look, Monty, I can tell you this
6 {- f. {" Q: I" [5 [) Bnow. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During
) D, W/ t* P3 I' a7 lthose years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption ! r+ b# ]% y4 x6 E9 S: i, d( B
not to give up on yours.’'
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Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what. |
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