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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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( @1 P, _' _, a1 ~) Yof a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that

a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number
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4 O* W6 e( S+ C2 h7 _0 Qof people he/she hates.
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1 t7 h) `7 I6 `1 p7 uSo when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with
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the 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.
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Days 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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9 p7 k5 K- L6 b6 f, V8 [) M$ R6 eweek, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.

9 X$ W% [. j( x2 RThe teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes
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& W; K( c+ z% {4 X; @with you for 1 week?" The children let out their frustrations and
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4 P" c6 i6 P4 g4 M2 J8 pstarted complaining of the trouble that they had to go through
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9 t* f, P' p4 G1 n4 |having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.

Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.
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7 O% g$ L. ?& q$ G2 OThe teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry
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8 |2 Y& l7 y6 B# S% Hyour hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred
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- g8 Z. d& I6 Z( G; ~+ B. }- gwill 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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in your heart for your lifetime???"

- d+ B* T! }& n) X! V& s( Y; P4 z"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;

it is something you do for yourself.
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connie

The implied meaning is simple but profound.