Motivational Monday (Crane Ride)

Positive thinking. It's amazing what this can do for you. Lately I've been focusing more and more on maintaining positive thoughts and perusing specific personal and professional goals. I guess my kids have seen me doing this and want to take part themselves.

On Saturday, my son talked about wanting to operate a crane. He saw a crane a bit later and again told me that he wanted to operate a crane. Of course my response was that when he was older he could. Well we walked down to farmers market for our weekly egg and muffin pickup. After that we went for a walk down to the fisherman's wharf. A large fishing boat was coming into dock to have some new hardware lifted on. We waited and watched the first of four pieces get lifted onto the boat with a crane. While the crew on the boat were affixing the piece to the boat the crane operator came over and told us that if we wanted to wait around, my son could have seat in the crane. Well of course we waited.

My son was extremely excited for the opportunity to sit in a real crane. When he finally got settled into the operators seat, the real operator told him to start pulling one of the levers. He pulled it and the crane began to spin around. Then he got to pull another lever that moved the hook up and down. Well, within a couple of minutes my son looked like a pro, operating both levers at the same time, spinning back and forth and moving the hook up and down. This was the highlight of his week.

After that he remembered that he had just thought about doing that the same morning. I told him to make a list like mine of all the things he wanted to accomplish in life. We wrote down about 20 things, most of which involved riding on various machines. After we had written the list he wanted me to read it to him over and over and over. What a great way to stay focused on your goals. And because my son was so excited from the crane ride he truly believes with all his heart that you can accomplish whatever it is you set your mind to.