On Keeping and Visualizing Dreams

Monty Roberts, the son of a horse trainer, was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to do when he grew up. So, he wrote a 7 page paper describing his goal of owning a horse ranch. He even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, a detailed floor plan of the house on the ranch, the location of the stables, buildings and track and handed in his paper.

2 days later, he received it back. On the front page was a large F with a note, “See me after class”. The teacher then said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a boy like you. If you re-write this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.”

Monty went home and thought long and hard. Finally, he turned in the same paper with no corrections. “You keep the F and I’ll keep my dream” – was all he could say to the teacher when she asked him for an explanation.

20 years later Monty was the proud owner of a 200-acre horse ranch and has the school paper framed over the fireplace.