温馨夜读II PART4 1.If the Dream Is Big Enough

[00:00.51]Full Sail in Spring Wind [00:04.43]The youth have a wonderful time, brand-new life and promising future. [00:09.76]Try to face life positively, believe in yourself, be yourself and control yourself. [00:15.97]Face the reality courageously and fight the difficulties. [00:20.76]Strive to improve all-around qualities and build healthy and perfect personalities. [00:27.08]Have the courage to pursue your dreams, inspire yourself with great ideals, and motivate yourself with high spirits. [00:35.57]Let’s look forward to having a brilliant future! [00:38.84]1.If the Dream Is Big Enough [00:43.85]A school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids from my window as they played basketball. [00:51.58]One day, among the children a girl attracted me. [00:55.06]She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys. [01:00.07]Running circles around the other kids, she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net with no one to stop her. [01:10.09]Sometimes, I saw her play alone. [01:12.71]She would practice dribbling and shooting over and over again, until dark. [01:18.04]One day I asked her why she practiced so much. [01:22.83]Without hesitation, she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship. [01:31.11]If I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I like basketball. [01:36.01]My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” [01:41.24]Then she smiled and ran towards the court to go on practicing. [01:45.37]I watched her through junior high and into high school. [01:49.51]Every week, she led her varsity team to victory. [01:53.32]One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled in her arms. [01:59.75]I went over there and sat down beside her. [02:03.12]Quietly I asked her what was wrong. [02:06.82]“Oh, nothing,” She replied softly. “I am just too short.” [02:13.68]The coach told her that at 5’5”she would probably never get to play for a top ranked college team [02:22.72]— much less be offered a scholarship — so she should stop dreaming about college. [02:31.43]She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment. [02:38.62]I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. [02:42.75]She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. [02:48.42]They did not understand the power of a dream. [02:52.12]He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, [02:56.88]if she truly wanted a scholarship, that nothing could stop her except one thing — her own attitude. [03:03.52]He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” [03:09.51]The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, [03:14.76]she was seen by a college recruiter, and was offered a full scholarship, to a NCAA women’s basketball team. [03:23.07]She was going to college, which she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years. [03:28.87]It’s true: If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t matter.

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