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发表于 2004-10-29 04:51 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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THE STENCH OF HATRED
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2 n" k" w0 `- M, `A kindergarten teacher has decided to let her class play a game.
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; g. i6 @! P9 s" dThe teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic - H4 @: m! }  Y: O* l; q( @

  r( t' _) `2 i7 E7 r5 _2 k$ Fbag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name
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% A( x& ~3 C/ Kof a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that
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; U: s6 L" P8 R% _- g% D% e, Ra child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number # K% r8 d# M. X9 `

6 U4 H% y1 V+ R9 k3 D# eof people he/she hates.
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7 w2 q: r' X! P2 @So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with
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the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some / T( s2 M( @6 O& d7 J$ \
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3 while some up to 5 potatoes.
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5 A5 `% ~6 w. K3 m% N" F1 HThe teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes # ~3 z- Y+ a: }2 r+ O8 K/ \$ M4 H& x

" x- A  [7 G4 y; E$ lin the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for 1 week.
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4 C  k: M6 f7 P0 z0 t  BDays after days passed by, and the children started to complain " r1 D) D8 I9 Z) `: C) m

$ g+ g" E* }( e4 vdue to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides, ' B/ i- ]  r+ ^- n4 Q7 a% w& u

, T3 t  j3 I2 s' M2 p  {those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1 . p1 B1 m4 k$ U$ z

3 J! [9 d: n5 H8 O+ Xweek, 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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& G* v+ W5 \; s; awith you for 1 week?" The children let out their frustrations and
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started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through
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- N& }- X" Y+ }Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game. - k& {/ b- {2 A9 t" J
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The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry 6 t- e4 I" w% F  E9 s& }  ^  Y0 v

% v$ s9 g: H# l3 Xyour hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred # B$ A7 y; Z8 k4 V8 H8 e0 k
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will contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever
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you go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just % m, y+ O, M6 O7 s* o

; N" {/ M4 q! m, ]) W1 T& u1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred 1 {8 {; u! \0 C0 S2 A
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in your heart for your lifetime???" 1 [9 C* ]6 B/ K9 l( \9 j
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"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;
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it is something you do for yourself.
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) n# n+ v% i- f* @* F! ~! @Give yourself the gift of forgiveness"
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发表于 2004-11-1 05:10 | 显示全部楼层
The implied meaning is simple but profound.
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