That's called empathy, and it's not a weakness. That's why kids always want to be the hero.

Be like your kids.

If you can allow space for a child to personify a kidney bean that fell on the kitchen floor into a fantastical story of survival and adventure, then they can grow up and imagine what it's like when another human is suffering from something they will never personally fall victim to.

But then again, property mogul that found way to make billions WITHOUT having to invest in property directly....sorta fits the bill

Yes. My husband is an NIH-funded scientist studying infectious diseases such as whooping cough, covid, & influenza. The current grant funding his salary runs out of money this summer; a delay in grant reviews means he won’t get a new grant funded before then. He’ll lose his job.

I think I'd like to keep one inside in a pot and the other I will plant somewhere in spring

After several more weeks of letting them grow, I finally decided to repot them and pull them apart. For what plan, I don't know. But there was a little surprise. What I thought was two acorns was actually twins!