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THE STENCH OF HATRED
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/ O5 s( V+ {$ m, mA kindergarten teacher has decided to let her class play a game.
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The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic
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$ ~: v& c9 M4 e% xbag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name
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of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that
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a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number

4 {; X# l' A! {+ gof people he/she hates.
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So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with

8 H" c9 o0 P9 _+ Q$ U8 W0 Athe name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some
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3 while some up to 5 potatoes.
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The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes

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+ i: m( H; ~5 ]+ g' K" E! Y! V/ h7 ~1 nDays after days passed by, and the children started to complain
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4 X3 `; K5 E+ V: b( e2 ~! f6 Wdue to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides,

those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1
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week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.
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The teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes
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with you for 1 week?" The children let out their frustrations and

8 w5 b9 p5 g1 R0 q) L0 Pstarted complaining of the trouble that they had to go through

8 ^. a! m2 k" ?5 m2 q. m5 x) k# [having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.
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Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.
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The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry
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your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred
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will contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever

  W: i, v3 L/ _) ?5 q; B# e4 wyou go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just
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) i. ~8 A, p8 ~7 X0 t: V! [5 `: T1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred

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+ c0 Y% d, m' h+ e6 P"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;
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it is something you do for yourself.

Give yourself the gift of forgiveness"

connie

The implied meaning is simple but profound.