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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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" c, C( E! v4 @9 V: ~. u3 tThe 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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of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that
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! {, N5 h7 d6 C* yof people he/she hates.
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, |8 R& s7 C- dSo when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with

- D1 F) x# g# v# P9 Vthe 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.

- o+ b. o, j( b" KDays 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

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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

started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through
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Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.
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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

8 U  ]! D' f/ A5 V# N1 Swill contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever
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8 M3 d3 ^; C  _, ^' syou 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

in your heart for your lifetime???"

% h, s' @$ v9 a"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;
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Give yourself the gift of forgiveness"

connie

The implied meaning is simple but profound.