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1 \7 _: R5 C) y {I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro.
; C9 O8 n6 G; p" CHe has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money X! c6 A( v( {& R5 t; q
for youth at risk programs. 0 J* S) m# t% k* k6 P2 k
+ ]& v0 m2 b! _1 s X7 ]/ ~The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, 'I want to tell you
5 c5 E o1 u" Z2 b6 k/ Zwhy I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young
w. A2 e/ [# D+ L6 Gman who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable % f) W6 d$ }7 d6 x) w
to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training $ r- {9 `. l! h
horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted. : U* z9 j/ D1 m. J
When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted
; _. x# I0 v1 G* R6 ]0 ^0 ^" nto be and do when he grew up.
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'That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday ' a: ] t! `+ q& w% n7 r
owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even
$ i c5 d, y# R( h: I. sdrew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, 9 T; T P4 e1 V" C& G6 [
the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot ; r9 j4 w$ n) k0 H, m& a7 P
house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.
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( I; c7 d1 Q; _/ \'He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he 8 e3 h, c% ]$ b4 x% ~
handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back.
$ c1 [* C8 F9 U8 S0 d. G# WOn the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after 7 |) s7 w3 ]8 @: G) }
class.'
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'The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, [" ~2 Z6 ?. t, q2 K. C! D
`Why did I receive an F?' ) x( j8 E- V1 \
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'The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you.
0 L: g$ J- `5 S6 t$ i9 t- L* G7 T; WYou have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. - j3 X* r ~3 v: U# Y
Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. 4 Q, h& m6 Q2 ~+ ~
You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to ! T; N! K8 |. x4 m
pay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher % I0 K9 k. ], l. k
added, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will 3 h$ S* A) b2 q$ C2 C
reconsider your grade.’
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'The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father
* a U2 s* ~9 o1 R1 O/ ^what he should do. His father said, `Look, son, you have to make up your 6 L5 o/ h4 m% _! |+ g
own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for
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+ _/ Q2 m1 |4 y! O9 S'Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same $ S$ H2 S9 p+ V
paper, making no changes at all. He stated, `You can keep the F and I'll ' y7 H/ E, V, s) e8 A" o# F8 E5 U% m
keep my dream.''
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3 q5 }; D! r$ e8 H, Y" qMonty then turned to the assembled group and said, 'I tell you this story
5 x& T( S6 |' b! c' xbecause you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of , [3 B2 D- y' J3 t: J
my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the / s; H6 S& N+ _8 ^" O) Z
fireplace.' He added, 'The best part of the story is that two summers ago 0 Q l5 x0 a" f5 m& ?* j3 u9 R
that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.'
2 \) G; t- n4 c4 S; `$ aWhen the teacher was leaving, he said, `Look, Monty, I can tell you this ; n& ^3 a" d4 [# h4 ^8 U8 B0 j
now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During % p( L0 |7 A# C2 M3 p; H+ W
those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption * ?2 k( e6 i; H o4 c% u
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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