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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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+ j, ~3 m3 c' o- y% ], l" `The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic

  B+ p, u8 A, u5 O" O- u1 wbag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name
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of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that
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a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number
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So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with

the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some

3 while some up to 5 potatoes.
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$ V8 r0 k; s: E) _; Q: BThe 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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" |1 q4 W8 E( }; S; d+ {Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain
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due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides,

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week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.
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9 C- v0 z7 M7 B+ t: f7 PThe teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes

" `9 S+ z8 c+ J* Y- \with you for 1 week?" The children let out their frustrations and

started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through

$ J5 m* }& V( I: c+ rhaving 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.

' X8 ]. Q6 A5 B6 ?2 ~/ MThe 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

2 e: l$ A. T$ K/ cyou go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just

- ^% C  |3 o2 D' Z1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred
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in your heart for your lifetime???"
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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.