Shooting at the 5 foot goal

This morning during breakfast, my 2-year-old son, Zach decided he wanted to get down and march over to the indoor basketball goal we have for the kids. Trying desperately to understand what he was "speaking," I made out that he wanted to have the goal raised from the 4 foot mark to the 5 foot one. "Zach," I was thinking, "That is awfully a big goal for someone is not yet 3 feet tall and can't make a 4 foot basket..."

Zach was persistent and insisted that I raise it, so I did. He still could not make the basket. But the most interesting part of this whole interaction came next.

I looked at Zach and said, "Zach, you can't make it." I wanted to see what he would do.

And the energetic 2 year old looked right at me, smiled a big grin, laughed and with a glimmer in his eye and all the determination he could muster, he kept shooting.

And as I said it again, "Zach, you can't make it." He would laugh even louder and he made a game of it.

To all adults out there, including myself... "Raise your goal."

Then laugh when someone tells you you can't make it.

Shane