Selfish
I’ve been thinking this week how incredibly selfish the human race is…yes, me included. Each one of has probably taken at least one “selfie” of ourselves in our lifetime, right? When something doesn’t go our way, what is the first thing we do? We blame someone else. A little three year old boy stomped into the living room with hands on hips and says, “My football’s gone and SHE took it,” as he pointed to his sleeping one week old sister. We laugh and say it’s funny, but does it really change when we get older? One year I filled in as a substitute teacher for a fifth grade class. One girl got so angry at another girl in the class and started screaming at her. “What is that about, “ I said “My best necklace is gone, and Betty (pseudonym) has it.” Calmly I said, “How do you know Betty has it?” Child: “Well, because she’s been admiring it for a week, and she said she would like one, but her family couldn’t afford it.”...