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I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro.
; c7 t m) s: m+ \3 JHe has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money . R, F; A9 M" C4 M
for youth at risk programs.
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The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, 'I want to tell you
8 W* J& y0 N$ X4 F. r& ~why I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young % i" }" z* ]4 D" R; a' e
man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable
2 K1 K2 q; ]. X5 yto stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training
9 j7 d! y$ H7 e0 Chorses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted.
* g7 a# k }4 f" ~/ y: bWhen he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted ) G' J1 S. f) e' r
to be and do when he grew up. 4 a2 g* M& ?0 P3 N& q5 i: X
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'That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday
+ P; e1 m' V3 i& J( aowning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even 9 C4 u, j8 |" \4 h- k4 d' P4 d
drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, . j4 a/ A! D5 O4 O! U( P% `
the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot
v8 }! s7 B8 l$ y8 J, j. F1 f8 Y3 Fhouse that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.
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/ ^; F+ e5 t3 F'He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he . y! o& X1 {" P8 L) q
handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back.
9 ?( U0 b& @5 I8 N9 B0 Y! i8 j5 R6 iOn the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after 6 h2 B0 D: \( o* ~+ ?! q' n* [+ a. k
class.'
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4 q* u1 C6 H: C0 _1 l* S) O3 W) b'The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked,
+ Q9 ]! u7 x, l2 F2 a`Why did I receive an F?'
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% l0 ~; X2 P/ H8 u'The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you.
' Z |( q1 O4 S7 MYou have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources.
3 E+ O& T7 a4 q* h6 ~. YOwning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. 8 @, F! K& m2 W+ Q, N: |1 H7 M, K1 B
You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to
; _! r( G' X2 X# G, ]; G! `# Apay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher # G, {8 H; c6 z) v- h' Z
added, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will / h) O3 t4 z0 C3 Z6 B4 f0 Y
reconsider your grade.’ ; c5 Z6 k8 H) x- L% f
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'The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father 9 A9 {$ \) [2 e' N; L
what he should do. His father said, `Look, son, you have to make up your ) e1 `- G8 t/ j. v2 v1 P
own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for \5 u% p& b* ]5 ]6 a7 ]" u
you.’
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, Q7 O. R+ T& T1 o+ _'Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same 2 z8 p- i1 d$ |( E# h
paper, making no changes at all. He stated, `You can keep the F and I'll ! x& K U' d- Z8 m) J
keep my dream.'' ' ^8 Y5 T% x3 o% }- \, R$ W& S
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Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, 'I tell you this story . C" `' l0 o9 I
because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of * \1 l( [0 ?5 l
my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the + z1 R+ H; \% Y* S" l% d) ~3 A3 S
fireplace.' He added, 'The best part of the story is that two summers ago
. |: ^5 I7 q1 L0 A) |that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.' & ^: ?" c- e8 M9 Y" N
When the teacher was leaving, he said, `Look, Monty, I can tell you this + J/ Q+ s* O6 |* E/ T. k* {
now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During , I9 g/ v/ }8 w
those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption 4 o0 a% T& a- O# \6 Y* z: O
not to give up on yours.’' ( W. }! e' a$ B; _# t! |, L
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Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what. |
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