What sport reveals about your desperate need

Graham Daniels  |  Features
Date posted:  16 Aug 2024
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What sport reveals about your desperate need

Last month, one of my grandchildren participated in an end-of-term preschool egg and spoon race. I observed three types of competitors among the four-year-olds:

  1. The child who ran as fast as possible, not caring about keeping the egg on the spoon and dropping the egg multiple times.
  2. The diligent, rule-abiding child who walked quickly while ensuring the egg stayed on the spoon.
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