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I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro.
* Q' o/ P/ g$ Y( VHe has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money
# r0 A- O [2 U( s7 `4 sfor youth at risk programs.
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The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, 'I want to tell you
& [, W' M0 f6 y1 E8 F/ Xwhy I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young
5 e1 x' ?. p% Q/ H& gman who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable * F- Z* Y) Q9 x3 l* Z: G; x7 r- X
to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training
* B+ t3 e; f) bhorses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted. X# Z5 M1 l" s8 n4 ^7 d
When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted
" J: C7 P$ H0 H* W* r' eto be and do when he grew up.
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'That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday
2 q2 J6 l1 {4 l" Qowning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even / w% y$ R- c5 H6 O
drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings,
; c a2 }" X" I Ethe stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot
+ j {, x* u" L0 y/ O7 M1 ehouse that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. + ~3 C) D; u: A
/ a' X! m0 Z' d0 u! B'He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he
3 G8 d8 `$ `6 F( Zhanded it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back.
' T0 f5 a# n0 \" }+ m8 lOn the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after ! V% x4 ]- Z b0 i& i9 Y% z
class.'
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`Why did I receive an F?'
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7 }6 O; d; X5 @'The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. 4 y0 W' i" _& }4 `( t6 T+ ?' P
You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources.
1 z3 g. }1 n! e( ~" l+ gOwning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. - \, e/ d* o. k+ v9 g# D" A. K
You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to ; E) ?( k1 u/ d- }
pay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher 3 K* ?: W1 ?8 l: L+ Q
added, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will ( Y4 t5 j5 b6 ?: P5 [* y
reconsider your grade.’
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1 @( k+ p$ X$ J/ H'The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father
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. [6 ]2 b- T ^" z0 Nown mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for 6 T8 n% R D& c% u# {
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7 S9 y8 g% V" R# R4 k'Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same $ B* o5 @. }4 E
paper, making no changes at all. He stated, `You can keep the F and I'll " R) k$ K$ z- f+ C* Z/ s7 ~
keep my dream.'' 1 _1 D* Q9 ?7 @8 T4 f. L
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Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, 'I tell you this story
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. S" n V J+ N+ U$ Vmy 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the
. c) e T; u7 ?& ^0 X8 {fireplace.' He added, 'The best part of the story is that two summers ago
0 d( n2 w" a2 a8 Qthat same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.'
u1 M, j& Q' q2 n* _3 M: a% t: L, _When the teacher was leaving, he said, `Look, Monty, I can tell you this 8 k1 W3 {$ S7 w1 E& |: E* }, z
now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During
/ b( ^$ a, Y0 z% H7 P* tthose years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption
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Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what. |
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