tkt8763-01: SuccessChat.com Email Broadcast: (fwd)

["Larry S. Anderson -- NCTP" <lsa1@ra.msstate.edu>]

This came from a friend of mine in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.  It bears
reading...and thinking....about yourself.

Much of what we discuss in Seminar in Planning is how we understand our
dreams, how we craft the action elements to make our dreams become
reality, and how we share our dreams with others (even in the face of
possibility that our dreams will not be understood--even by our closest
friends).  Yet, we cannot quit dreaming!  We must persist! And...

...if you haven't read the "tag line" on Alan Brown's email messages, I
suggest you do so.  It's well worth reading...and pondering deeply.

Now, you dreamers.......read the following...and keep those wings spread!

Larry S. Anderson, Ed.D.                              LSA1@Ra.MsState.Edu
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Technology & Education       Voice: (662) 325-2281
Founder, National Center for Technology Planning      Fax: (662) 325-7599
                    Mississippi State University
Chair, Council for Education Technology              State of Mississippi
         My personal home page URL-- http://www2.msstate.edu/~lsa1
                    NCTP web page -- http://www.nctp.com

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:12:49 -0500
From: SuccessChat <darren@SuccessChat.com>
To: LSA1@Ra.MsState.Edu
Subject: SuccessChat.com Email Broadcast:


I think this story is a good reminder that only YOU have to be a
believer in your dreams.  Along the journey to reaching for your
goals, realizing your potential, or just standing for your values,
good intending people without the same ambition, vision or confidence
will tell you it can't be done and will even passiontely discourage
you. But, only YOU needs to believe in YOU.  How big is YOUR vision? 
Can you dream a bigger dream?  -Darren Hardy

********************************
Follow Your Dream

By Jack Canfield 
from Chicken Soup for the Soul 

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 house. 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.  Tell them they can keep their opinion- you are going to keep
your dream.
*********************************

Darren Hardy
Living Large!

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