[nukkad] Inspiration Moment = KEEP YOUR DREAM

[KOMAL JAIN <komaljain@inf.com>]

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 Inspiration Moment  - KEEP YOUR DREAM

(shared by Janice Liebowitz)

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro.
He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money
for youth at risk programs.

The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, "I want to tell you
why I let Jack use my horse. It all goes back to a story about a young man
who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to
stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch,
training horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually
interrupted.
When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted
to be and do when he grew up.

"That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday
owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even
drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the
buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan
for a 4,000-square-foot  house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.

"He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he
handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On
the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after
class.'

"The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked,
`Why did I receive an F?'

"The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you.
You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no
resources.  Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy
the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll
have to pay large stud
fees. There's no way you could ever do it.' Then the  teacher added, `If
you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider
your grade.'

"The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father
what he should do. His  father said, `Look, son, you have to make up your
own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for
you.' "Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the
same paper, making no changes at all.

He stated, "You can keep the F and I'll keep my  dream."

Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, "I tell you this story
because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my
200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the
fireplace." He added, "The best part of the story is that two summers ago
that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a
week." When the
teacher was leaving, he said, "Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When
I was your teacher, I was  something of a dream stealer. During those
years I stole a lot of kids' dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption
not to give up on yours."

"Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your  heart, no matter what."

-Unknown (shared by Janice Liebowitz)




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