1 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. I'd like 2 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: to say hello to some friends. Hello to Finn who 3 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: is five, and Mackenzie who is three from Washington, d C. 4 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:33,520 Speaker 1: Hello to Quinn Lee from Calgary, Alberta. Hello to Tallulah 5 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: moon Husbie from Venice, California. Hello to Jack and Ella Schroeder, 6 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: who are three and five from Grandview Heights, Ohio. I'd 7 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: like to say happy birthday to Grace from Naples, Italy, 8 00:00:54,560 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: who is turning six on January tenth. And happy birthday 9 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:06,839 Speaker 1: to Karina who is turning nine on January eleventh. And 10 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: a happy birthday to Tavian, who is turning six in January. 11 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: A very happy birthday to you all. I hope you 12 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: all have a wonderful day. Thank you Finn and Mackenzie, Quinnlee, Tallula, 13 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: Jack and Ella, Tavian, Grace and Carina for your support. 14 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: It's so nice meeting all of you. This story is 15 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: about a girl named Mary. Mary loves math and knows 16 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: that she will be a great mathematician someday. She works 17 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: very hard every day, but after a while it feels 18 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: like she doesn't know what she wants to do anymore. 19 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: She talks to her tutor about this, and Miss Ross 20 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 1: decides how she can best help Mary with this problem. 21 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: Mary's dream. Many years ago, in a far off land, 22 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: there lived a young girl who was destined to be 23 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: the greatest mathematician the world had ever known. She knew 24 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: this because her teacher told her so, and her mother 25 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: told her so, and her father told her so. Her 26 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: name was Mary, and her days were filled with school 27 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: work and study. Her nights were filled with dreams. She 28 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: lived in a small house in a small city, underneath 29 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: the cover of lovely, lush trees that blossomed with flowers 30 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: each year in the spring to announce the coming of summer. 31 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: She lived in the house with her mother and father, 32 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: a small beagle, a Tabby, and a fish called Charlie. 33 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: Her older brother had left home that year to attend university, 34 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: but was now backpacking all around the world. Every week 35 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: she would wait for her brother's letters and postcards to arrive, 36 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: which always included pictures of exotic places and stories telling 37 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: of his adventures. Mary missed her big brother very much. 38 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: This day was much like any other. At six thirty am, 39 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: her beagle, Hilbert, jumps up on her bed to wake 40 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: her by licking her face until it was a gooey mess. 41 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: She then washes, brushes her teeth, gets dressed, and is 42 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 1: sitting at the kitchen table by six forty five. Her father, 43 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: who works from home, always has her breakfast prepared, a 44 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: boiled egg, oatmeal, tea, and some nuts. Mary doesn't like 45 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: the oatmeal very much, but she loves tea. Her mother 46 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: will then walk over and give her a kiss on 47 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: the cheek as she goes out the door, coffee in 48 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: hand to begin her long commute to her office. By 49 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: seven point fifteen, Mary and her father are in the 50 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 1: car so that she can be dropped off for early 51 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: morning band practice. Her father says structure is very important, 52 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: but Mary thinks that a little change, some excitement might 53 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: be better. After band practice, Mary attends a number of 54 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: classes in math science and a couple required classes in 55 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 1: the arts. She loves her creative writing class, as her teacher, 56 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: Missus McDonald, would also ask that the students use their 57 00:05:52,040 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: imagination to create something fantastic and new. It was scary 58 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: looking at a blank page. Math was comforting in its 59 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: rules and logic, but Mary always enjoys writing about far 60 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: off places that she hasn't visited yet places with strange animals, 61 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: different smells, lots of color, and no oatmeal. After school, 62 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: Mary would be tutored in math by a professor from 63 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: the university. She liked miss Ross as she always presented 64 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 1: problems with such enthusiasm and thought all the world's problems 65 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:55,679 Speaker 1: could be solved by equations. After her class with Miss Ross, 66 00:06:55,880 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: it was home for dinner at six. It was always six, 67 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: and dinner was often somewhat the same, a meat, a vegetable, 68 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: and a starch. After dinner, it was homework and math practice. 69 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: While her days were very busy, the time just before 70 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: sleep was hers to enjoy as she wished. She loved 71 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: to read stories about adventurers or stories about far off places. 72 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: Many nights she would look at the postcards and letters 73 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: her brother had sent her from the many places he 74 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: had traveled to. He didn't say much, but in the 75 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: last note he told her to follow her dreams. She 76 00:07:55,240 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: thinks about what he said a lot. But while she 77 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: would lay there and daydream about all the places that 78 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: her brother went, she seemed to be more and more 79 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: confused about her dream. What is my dream? She would 80 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: think to herself. All I do is study math? And 81 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: follow the dreams of others. What do I want to do? 82 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: It used to be very clear, but lately not so much. 83 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: This is a question she would often ask Hilbert, But 84 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: though Hilbert was only a dog, he often gave the 85 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: best advice. Go outside and play, he would answer, or 86 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: go for a walk. Hilbert wouldn't say this literally, of course, 87 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: but whenever Mary asked him any questions, he would immediately bark, excitedly, 88 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: run and grab his leash in his mouth, and prance 89 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: at her bedroom door. His ideas usually worked out well, 90 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: as Mary always felt better after taking a break from 91 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: studying to go outside for a walk, throw the ball 92 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: for Hilbert, or to simply breathe in the smell of 93 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 1: the trees. Mary decided that she would ask Miss Ross 94 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 1: tomorrow how to rediscover her dream. Who better to ask 95 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 1: than an expert problem solver, she thought, So, Mary, do 96 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: you have any questions about the material we covered today? 97 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: Or do you have a problem you would like us 98 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: to work on, asked Miss Ross. Well, Mary hesitated, I 99 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,439 Speaker 1: do have a problem that I would like to work 100 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: on with you, but it might be too silly or simple. 101 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: Nothing is too silly or simple. And sometimes the simplest 102 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: problems are the hardest to solve, said miss Ross. Okay, well, 103 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: I don't know what my dreams are anymore, said Mary quietly. 104 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: What do you mean, Mary? Can you define the problem 105 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: more clearly, asked Miss Ross. I mean every day I 106 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:50,319 Speaker 1: do the same thing. I do the things that other 107 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: people ask me to do, and though I love working 108 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: with numbers and solving problems, I don't really know what 109 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: my dreams are are, said Mary. You once told me 110 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: that you spent time in the evening reading books, or 111 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: looking at your brother's letters, or simply daydreaming about far 112 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: off places that miss Ross somewhat puzzled. Yes, I still 113 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: do that. Okay, so you mean you don't know what 114 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: your purpose is? Could that be it, asked Miss Ross. 115 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: I guess so, said Mary quietly. One of my goals 116 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: of our sessions together is to unlock the power and 117 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: beauty of mathematics and enable you to enter this magical 118 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: world the way I did. I can't speak for your parents, 119 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: but maybe we have forgotten to check in with you 120 00:11:55,200 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: as to how you feel and what you want. Miss 121 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: Ross continued. I have an idea, but I'll have to 122 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 1: check with your parents first. The next day, when Mary 123 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: came to study with Miss Ross, she noticed that Miss 124 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: Ross was dressed more casually than normal and had her 125 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: coat on. You can leave your jacket on, Mary, we 126 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: are going for a walk, she said. Outside Miss Ross's 127 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 1: office was a large park full of trees, paths, and 128 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: in summer, beautiful flowers. Let's go for a walk through 129 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: the trees. Mary. When we first met, you used to 130 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: tell me how you loved math and hoped that you 131 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: could solve the world's problems through mathematics. That was a 132 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: wonderful dream, and you truly have a for solving problems. 133 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 1: We do sometimes get stumped by the simplest things, and 134 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: sometimes we need to take a rest and try something 135 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: different so that we can see problems with fresh eyes 136 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: and maybe get some new ideas. Some of the best 137 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: ideas come when you least expect them, when you are 138 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: not even thinking about them. Sometimes we need to change 139 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 1: our routine a little, and you have been working so hard. 140 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: We all need to rest from time to time, said 141 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: Miss Ross. I don't think my dad would agree with that, 142 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: Mary said, Oh, I'm sure he would. He is one 143 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: of the most creative people I have ever met. And 144 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: we all just want to give you the opportunity unity 145 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: to live your dreams, no matter what they are. You 146 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: have a talent and a love for math, but you 147 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: are smart enough to do whatever you set your mind to. 148 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: Over the following days and weeks, Mary and miss Ross 149 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: would go for walks, visit art galleries, museums, see movies 150 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: at the cineplex, or sometimes just sit and listen to music, 151 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: even the music that Mary liked. Sometimes Miss Ross would 152 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: send her home with a book to read, or allow 153 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: her the time to do whatever she pleased. After a 154 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: few weeks, Miss Ross asked Mary how she was doing. 155 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: During their previous meetings, they didn't talk about Mary's dreams 156 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 1: or lack thereof, and focused only on the activity they 157 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: had planned for the day. I think maybe you were right. 158 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: I was kind of bored, and these last couple of 159 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: weeks have been great. My dad even changed our breakfasts 160 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: in the morning, Mary said, with more energy than before. 161 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: Mary continued, when I was listening to music, I just 162 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: suddenly realized that I want to see more of the 163 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: world like my brother, maybe have adventures, do something more. 164 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: Then his latest postcard came and he said that he 165 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: was going back to school. The traveling was fun and 166 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: changed his perspective on many things, but it was time 167 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: for him to return to his studies. He thinks he 168 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: can use his education to help the people he met 169 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: when traveling. But when I went for a walk with Hilbert, 170 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: another idea came to me. I realized that I still 171 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: love math, and maybe math can help me to see 172 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: the world. Well, I think you have found the solution 173 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: to your problem. You don't need to have just one 174 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: dream or one way to realize your dream. You can 175 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: do many things. You can accomplish anything you set your 176 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: mind to. From now on, whenever you feel you have 177 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: lost your dream, take a break, rest and try some 178 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: new things. You might find that that is just what 179 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:08,160 Speaker 1: you need. And if you discover something new, then that's 180 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 1: o k. Too. Mary took these words to heart and 181 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: realized that it was very true, and that's the end 182 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: of our story. Good Night, sleep tight.