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THE STENCH OF HATRED
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3 o# e7 L0 i4 f* t- i4 }8 PA kindergarten teacher has decided to let her class play a game.
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% g5 q" V4 F& ]. C( U1 X- RThe teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic

bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name
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  h3 ^0 J; N* K% B$ E: [of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that
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of people he/she hates.

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

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The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes
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in the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for 1 week.
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Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain

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those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1

week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.

  B/ r; Y$ H" k. C' C+ c. Q' H% \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
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started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through

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.

; B* ]. x5 ^7 P! t  I, ?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

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

1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred

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/ f/ Q$ a+ n, p; x' i- x"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;

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.