Hoard or Sell

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
HOARD OR SELL
Prov 11:26
26 People curse the man who hoards grain,
but blessing crowns him who is willing to sell.
NIV
It certainly would appear this is absolutely dealing with commodities, and with those of substance. It would be a most worldly approach to withhold the sale of grains or for that matter anything in order to drive the price higher so as to increase an already fair profit to one of excess. I think this is the way of the world I live in today. I remember the contrived gas shortage years ago which was nothing more than the hoarding by oil companies or by OPEC in order to drive the price higher. As to some practical application for me life, I have nothing to hoard in order to make the price increase. But I do have myself which I could hoard rather than be willing to give. I have abilities and knowledge. I have compassion and love. I have grace and mercy. I have the Word of God and Jesus Christ, which surely are the same. At least I should have all those attributes. Of what value am I if I hoard them? Would that cause those qualities to increase in value so that when I expressed them they would bring me a greater gain? Maybe I am making more out of this than what is a straight forward command to those of commerce. I cannot imagine I have anything of worth to others which I am hoarding rather than selling. Although I have copies of my book which I am in a sense hoarding, because I am not out there selling it to everyone. But I do not thing that is the point here. I have to go back to self. Do I hoard myself from others in order to increase my value? Do I withhold anything in order to be more important at some later date? Does this speak to that or is it just about grain? Something more to ponder.