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Hole Ting
Hole Ting
Hole Ting
That's what my two-year-old says.
He has developed the habit of wanting it all.
My wife will often offer him a spoonful of food from her plate.
I will break off a piece of what I am eating and hand it to him.
He shakes his head.
He emphatically says, "Hole Ting."
He doesn't want a piece.
He doesn't want a spoonful.
He wants the whole thing.
I wondered, "Where did he get such behavior?"
Who taught him that?
Where did he pick it up?
Hole Ting?
Why didn't he want to share?
Why wasn't he satisfied with what was given to him?
Wasn't the piece sufficient?
The piece was plenty and he could get as many as he could eat.
Why did he want the whole thing?
Was he acting like a child or an adult?
As I watched other children, I saw that it was more innate for
children to want the whole thing.
They wanted the whole toy without sharing.
They wanted all of mama's attention.
They wanted the swing or the tricycle all of the time.
Hole Ting
Many of the conflicts and wars are over the same thing.
People don't want to share.
They want it all.
Hole Ting
It's not just for kids anymore.
~A MountainWings Original~ |
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