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Stealing Dreams
Josh Crouch
September 17, 2024
Let me tell you the story about Johnny. It was the first day of school. Johnny was in the 6th grade and he had a new teacher. This teacher was new to the school system. His name was Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith said, “Your assignment for next time is… I want you to write what’s called an autobiography for tomorrow. I’d like you to write about what your hopes, dreams and aspirations for the future are.”
Johnny went home that night, and for some reason he really got into this project. He was in front of the computer all night. When he was done, he read it to his mom and dad. His mom and dad were so proud of him. They said, “That’s the best thing you’ve ever written!”
He very proudly passed it in the next day. But then the day after that the papers came back, and he got a big red “F” on it with a circle around it. It said….
“See me after class.”
With a lot of fear and trepidation, he went to see the teacher. He said, “Excuse me. You wanted to see me?”
The teacher said, “Oh, you’re Johnny.”
“Yeah…” Johnny said.
“Well, you wrote that you wanted to be the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys and you wanted to marry a supermodel, and you want to become a multi-millionaire business man.”
“Yes, that’s right. Those are my hopes, dreams and aspirations for the future.”
The teacher responded, “Well, you know, that was a really good autobiography you wrote.”
Johnny was confused. “Well, why did you give me an ‘F’?”
He said, “Well, it has to do with the writing. I think it’s my responsibility. Go home today and look in the mirror. You don’t have the body to be an NFL quarterback, and you’re not handsome enough to attract a supermodel, and I kind of feel you’re probably not smart enough to become a multi-millionaire businessman, but you write pretty well. If you lower your hopes, dreams and aspirations for the future, I’ll give you a higher grade.”
So he gave Johnny the paper back, and Johnny went home and sat in front of a computer. He thought and thought and he thought. He said, “I’m not going to change a word.”
The next day in class he passed in the same paper. The teacher said, “Johnny, you didn’t understand. You were supposed to lower your hopes, dreams and aspirations for the future.”
Johnny said, “Oh, no, no. I understood perfectly, but here’s what I decided. You can keep your ‘F’, because I want to keep my dreams.”
Don’t let anybody, don’t let any teacher, any counselor, anybody steal your dreams.
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