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THE STENCH OF HATRED


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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, G' n5 @0 Y3 W" W0 G. N: f: Xbag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name

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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of people he/she hates.
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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
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3 while some up to 5 potatoes.

6 M2 I& X; d% D& O) cThe teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes

in the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for 1 week.

Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain

5 u$ i+ T1 V, q2 T4 m6 zdue to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides,

4 Z3 w" n5 ?; ~( c/ |3 c$ pthose having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1

week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.
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$ O3 h- t& V/ uThe teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes

: D6 w2 }2 x' D# G5 Twith you for 1 week?" The children let out their frustrations and

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.

6 }/ J' @. q3 ]; v) NThen the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.
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  P0 |" P- R2 B0 M" EThe teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry

/ [- J! R- |$ S; U: nyour hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred

. O) }! s- q5 g  q( r$ @* Kwill 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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1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred
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4 x; E, R3 b7 O" U* h) h, e1 ein your heart for your lifetime???"

"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;

; S: `! P: q" A: c  `4 C+ yit is something you do for yourself.

  J$ {, J1 P1 ^8 c$ W7 a& G/ H$ w6 LGive yourself the gift of forgiveness"

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The implied meaning is simple but profound.