Hoarding Baby Has No Enjoyable

Kevin Harney tells the next story in his e-book, Seismic Shifts:

Just a little boy sat on the ground of the church nursery with a pink rubber ball in every arm and three Nerf balls clenched on the ground between his pudgy little knees. He was making an attempt to guard all 5 from the opposite kids within the nursery. The drawback was, he couldn’t maintain all 5 directly, and the ball nearest to his ft was notably weak to being stolen. So, each time one other youngster confirmed an curiosity in enjoying with one of many balls, he snarled to make it clear these toys weren’t for sharing.

I suppose I ought to have stepped in and made the little man surrender one or two of the balls, however I used to be too wrapped up within the drama of all of it. For about 5 minutes, this little man growled, postured, and saved the opposite kids away from the balls. Like a hyena hunched over the past scraps of a carcass, this snarling little canine was not within the temper for sharing. The different youngsters circled like vultures across the kill, searching for a strategy to soar in and snatch a ball with out being attacked and bitten. I truthfully didn’t know whether or not to snort or cry as I watched.

Then it struck me: This little boy was not having any enjoyable in any respect. There was no cheer inside ten yards of this child. Not solely was he sad, however all the opposite youngsters appeared unhappy as properly. His selfishness created a black gap that sucked the entire pleasure out of that nursery…. When church was over and his mother and father got here to choose him up, he left the balls behind. I assume the outdated saying is true, you’ll be able to’t take it with you.