What is excess?

Excess is when you have more of something than you need right now.

Imagine you're eating your favorite candy, maybe it's chocolate or gummy worms. You take one piece, and it’s delicious! Then you take another, and another… until your hands are full, and you can’t even hold any more. That extra candy is excess, it's the part you don't need to enjoy right now.

Think of a backpack that’s already full of toys, books, and snacks. If you try to put one more toy in, it spills out, that's excess! You had enough stuff for your trip, but now there’s extra taking up space.

Sometimes we get more than we need because we're excited or we don't think about what we already have. Like when you see a big pile of candy and grab it all, even if you just ate one piece!

Excess isn’t bad; it’s just extra, and sometimes that extra can be fun too!