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THE STENCH OF HATRED
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A 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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bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name

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a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number
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& b' y% y1 P; `So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with
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  C& a5 v- l* e3 G  n  Sthe 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.

; {# H8 e( M  `2 l, \( r& ]+ P( gDays after days passed by, and the children started to complain

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( k, k  h' h! N7 i: p3 {& J9 T' {8 Sthose having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1
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, ]4 s5 C9 ?6 h# x  }7 fweek, 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
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started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through
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having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.

Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.

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

your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred

  }1 T0 Y0 \! e1 uwill contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever
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* ^+ y0 M* Z9 {  @# }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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" J: b" z  m8 T1 D& Y9 e. o3 E7 ?in your heart for your lifetime???"
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2 g9 C9 Z" v5 d2 L% |# A9 u! M"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;
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it is something you do for yourself.

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connie

The implied meaning is simple but profound.