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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

bag 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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of people he/she hates.
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' u( s6 v% e* y+ Y2 n! \So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with

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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.

# x$ b# g8 N/ B5 sDays after days passed by, and the children started to complain
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- ^0 J! ~/ a/ C0 Hdue to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides,

those 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.

The teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes

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having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.
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5 w) ]; T& ^9 qThen the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.
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; U# _3 n5 y3 ]* GThe teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry

your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred

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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???"

6 s/ i" r8 J+ S8 `% M5 a0 }"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;

it is something you do for yourself.
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Give yourself the gift of forgiveness"

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The implied meaning is simple but profound.