Never Give Up on Your Dreams

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

Believe? Do you believe in having dreams? Holding on to them? Here is a story about holding onto dreams that we found on several websites (all listed authors unknown). We believe it is an excellent story that illustrates the power of holding onto dreams.

I have a friend named Monty Smith who owns a horse ranch in California. From time to time he permitted me to use his home for youth at risk fundraising events.

At the last event he introduced me by saying:

I want to tell you why I let Jack use my home for this fundraising. It goes back to a story of a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer, who traveled from town to town training horses. As a result, his son’s education was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be 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 map of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables, and the track. He also drew a detailed floor plan for a 4000 square foot home that would be located on the ranch.