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Follow Your Dream—the Monty Roberts Story 为梦想而坚持的罗伯茨
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
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 detailed4 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 a 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 fireplace5.” 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
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
我有个朋友叫曼迪·罗伯茨，他在圣思多罗有座牧马场。他常把他的房子借我用来举办筹
款活动，所筹得的钱作为青少年的计划筹备基金。
上次活动时，他在引荐我时说：“我想告诉你我把房子借给杰克是有原因的。一切都得回
到这样一个故事上：有一个男孩，他的父亲是位马术师，他从小就必须跟着父亲东奔西跑，
从这个比赛到那个比赛，从这个农场到那个牧场。男孩的求学生涯总是因此被打断。当他还
是个高中生时，有次老师要求全班同学写一篇文章，题目是长大后的志愿。
“那天晚上他洋洋洒洒地写了七页纸，描述他的伟大志愿，那就是有朝一日拥有一座属于
自己的牧马农场。他写下了关于这个梦想的所有细节，甚至画了一张两百亩的农场设计图，
上面标有马厩、跑道等所有建筑的位置。然后，在这一大片农场中央，他还要建造一栋占地
四千平方英尺的豪宅。
“他花了好大心血把报告完成了，第二天交给了老师。两天后，他拿回了报告，第一页上
打了一个又红又大的F，旁边还写了一行字：‘下课后来见我。’
“脑中充满幻想的他下课后带着报告去找老师：‘为什么给我不及格？’
“老师说：‘你一个年纪轻轻的小男孩，不要老做这种白日梦。你没钱，没家庭背景，什
么都没有。盖座农场养马可是个花钱的大工程；你要购买土地，你得购买纯种马匹，花钱照
顾它们，缴纳一大笔费用。你别太好高骛远了。’然后他接着说，‘如果你肯重写一个更加实际
的志愿，我会重新考虑给你打分。’
“这男孩回家后，反反复复思量了好久。然后他去询问父亲的意见。父亲告诉他：‘看
哪，儿子，这是一个很重要的决定，你必须自己作决定。’
“最后，一个星期后，他决定把原稿交回，一个字都不改。他告诉老师：‘你可以就给我
那个不及格的分数，我也会一直坚持我的梦想。’”
曼迪转向众人，说：“我告诉你们这个故事，是因为各位现在就坐在那两百亩农场内，那
占地四千平方英尺的豪宅里。那份高中时写的文章我现在还留着呢。”他顿了一下，补充
道：“最有意思的是，两年前的夏天，那位老师带了三十个学生来我农场露营一星期。离开之
前，他对我说：‘曼迪，现在我有些话要对你说。当我做你的老师时，我是一个盗梦者。这些
年来，我拿走了不少学生的梦想。不过幸好，你有足够的进取心坚持自己的梦想。’”
不要让任何人偷走你的梦想。不管发生什么事，跟随自己的心，勇往直前。
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