Monty Roberts: The Man who listens to Horses.

One of my friends shared the story of Monty Roberts while I was going through a rough phase. The story is absolutely inspiring and it keeps reminding me of my individuality.

So, here goes the story as written in a book:

There are people who will try to talk you out of your vision. They will tell you that you are crazy and that it can't be done. there will also be those who will laugh at you and try to bring you down to their level.. My friend Monty Roberts, the author of ' the man who listens to horses' calls these people dream stealers. Don't listen to them. When Monty was in high school, his teacher gave the class an assignment to write about what they wanted to do when tey grew up. Monty wrote that he wanted to own his own 200 acre ranch and raise thoroughbred race horses. His teacher gave him an F and explained that the grade reflected that he deemed his dream unrealistic. No boy who was living in a camper on the back of a pick up truck would ever be able to amass enough money to buy a ranch, purchase breeding stock and pay the necessary salaries of ranch hands. When he offered Monty a chance of rewriting his paper for a higher grade, Monty told him, "You keep the F, I am keeping my DREAM". Today, Monty's 154 acre " Flag Is Up Farms" in Solvang, California, raises thoroughbred race horses, and trains hundreds of horse trainers in a more humane way to "join up" with an train horses.

Further read: Monty Roberts.