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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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8 m. U/ {* m$ dThe teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic

/ j# C) L5 t; h" W) j& B* ~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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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

: Q( {; q4 J+ K, ^the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some
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3 while some up to 5 potatoes.

" G, q: n8 p! L' X" n. f5 `. ?  PThe 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.
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Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain

due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides,

, Z: s! K: G: W- a3 sthose having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1
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week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.
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" |* X$ O/ j$ m6 g3 MThe teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes

with you for 1 week?" The children let out their frustrations and
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# F% ^, y2 g) {" c" c2 ^9 Ostarted 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.

0 L2 E0 g: K) D# e9 OThen the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.
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, R" {$ ~# p/ l- vThe teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry

0 c. f8 j' {4 byour hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred
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+ u' S  J4 }: x. ?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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"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.