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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

  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

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

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

" 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

$ g+ g" E* }( e4 vdue to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides,

, T3 t  j3 I2 s' M2 p  {those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1

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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* w$ g& L6 K6 Dhaving to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.

- N& }- X" Y+ }Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.

The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry

% v$ s9 g: H# l3 Xyour hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred

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

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in your heart for your lifetime???"

"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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The implied meaning is simple but profound.