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THE STENCH OF HATRED

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A kindergarten teacher has decided to let her class play a game.

The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic

( T3 U) g2 B+ K1 m8 m# y" r" F2 hbag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name
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5 k; s( |& N7 n; s8 `of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that
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So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with
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6 n: P+ K; S2 x. _the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some

3 while some up to 5 potatoes.

7 D9 o! ~3 I) A; A" ]1 vThe teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes

2 v& G* t( z1 S* ~8 {3 ]! m" y2 din the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for 1 week.

. b0 |! S  a* {& w# GDays after days passed by, and the children started to complain
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# @/ Z) X2 f' {due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides,
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0 E& X" C' e0 i" O) J' jthose having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1
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The teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes

with you for 1 week?" The children let out their frustrations and

started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through

7 @" @1 E1 o( }1 Y, ^having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.
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7 w: X4 _3 I% a- tThen the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.
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1 P1 P  F; H1 s7 aThe teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry

$ }  V% ?" `# {& y7 t$ I% Myour hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred
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3 v& m  J. C  f9 k" \/ W- Gwill contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever

you go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just

1 H, o0 u% i& b1 i1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred
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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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Give yourself the gift of forgiveness"

connie

The implied meaning is simple but profound.