Unit 3 The Road to Success [00:05.83]Listen and Respond [00:08.68]Follow Your Dream [00:12.62]One day in a high school, a senior named Monty Roberts was asked to write

[00:18.50]a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. [00:23.83]Monty Roberts was the son of a horse trainer. [00:27.54]He loved horses.

[00:29.55]That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a large horse ranch.

[00:37.49]He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch.

[00:45.22]He put a great deal of his heart into the dream ranch [00:48.88]and the next day he handed the paper in to his teacher. [00:53.10]Two days later he received his paper back. [00:56.41]He got a large red F for his paper. [01:00.81]He went to ask the teacher why.

[01:03.42]The teacher said, “The dream is impossible for you. [01:07.50]You have no money.

[01:09.06]Owning a horse ranch needs a lot of money.

[01:12.73]You have to buy the land, the house, and the machines for your ranch.

[01:18.49]There’s no way you could ever do it.”

[01:21.86]Then the teacher added, “If you will write this paper again [01:26.28]with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.” [01:31.32]The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. [01:35.09]He asked his father what he should do.

[01:38.24]His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this.

[01:44.59]However, I think it is a very important decision for you.” [01:50.55]Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all.

[01:59.39]He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.

[02:04.34]I will follow my heart, no matter what happens.” [02:08.55]Now years have passed.

[02:10.70]This young man’s dream has finally come true. [02:14.52]He is the owner of a large horse ranch.

Unit 4 Being Creative

[0:5.15]Listen and Respond

[0:8.23]Creativity Is the Essence of Life and Nature [0:13.75]Creativity is the essence of life and nature.

[0:17.65]The world itself is in a constant act of creation, so we human beings should ask ourselves — Why,

[0:25.57]in such a creative world, do some people sometimes appear to be stupid, dull, and uncreative? [0:33.31]— Are people really dull?

[0:35.38]Or are we all, in fact, creative?

[0:39.12]To answer this, let’s look at a baby.

[0:42.24]The whole essence of a baby is creative — it is creative in learning to walk, talk, sing, and play.

[0:51.37]Just imagine, a child can create a world of its own imagination and play with it for hours.

[0:58.85]A scientist who creates a theory is just like that — it is a play of ideas within the mind.

[1:5.57]It is hard to stop creativity in a young child. [1:10.51]You can’t make your child creative. [1:13.57]It simply is creative.

[1:16.96]Then, how can our children be still more creative?

[1:21.67]I would suggest that the first step is to allow ourselves to be creative.

[1:26.96]If we ourselves are creative, we can guide our children in a way that is free and unconditioned. [1:34.70]We should give our children a free and safe surrounding for them to explore, make mistakes and create. [1:42.06]If we know a better way to do things, we should guide or “help” the child.

Unit 5 The Value of Life [0:5.18]Listen and Respond

[0:7.62]Life is a Bottle of Rocks

[0:11.23]A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the desk in front of him.

[0:17.95]When the final student was seated, he picked up a large

[0:22.13]and empty glass bottle and filled it with rocks about 2 inches in diameter.

[0:27.98]He then asked the students if the jar was full. [0:31.38]They agreed that it was.

[0:34.52]He then picked up a box of pebbles and added them to the jar, shaking it lightly.

[0:40.88]The pebbles, of course rolled into the open areas between the rocks.

[0:46.50]“Is this jar filled now?” [0:48.81]Yes, the students said.

[0:51.48]But then he picked up a bag of sand and poured it into bottle. [0:55.89]The sand filled in everything else.

[0:58.67]Once more he asked if it was full and after some thinking they said that it was.

[1:5.91]The professor then took 2 cans of beer and poured the beer into the jar.

[1:11.73]The students laughed loudly.

[1:15.17]After the laughter stopped, the professor spoke again: “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.

[1:24.41]The rocks are the important things in your life, your family, your partner, your health,

[1:30.67]your children — things that would still remain even if everything else were lost, and your life would still be full.

[1:39.37]The pebbles are the other things that matter — like your job, your house, your car.

[1:45.74]The sand is everything else. [1:47.84]The small stuff.

[1:49.26]If you put the sand into the jar first there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks.”

[1:55.56]“The same goes for your life.

[1:58.43]If you spend your life on small stuff, you will never have room for things that are important to you. [2:5.13]Pay attention to things that are critical to your happiness: your family, your health.

[2:12.00]There will always be time to go to work, clean the house and so on.

[2:17.03]Take care of the rocks first — the things that really matter.

[2:21.61]Set your priorities.

[2:23.44]The else is just sand.”

[2:26.37]After the impact of what he said settled,

[2:29.50]one of the students raised his hand and inquired what the beer represented.

[2:34.70]“I am glad you asked.” [2:36.24]He replied.

[2:37.54]“It just goes to prove that no matter how full your life may seem,

[2:41.99]there is always room for a couple of beers.”