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THE STENCH OF HATRED
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* |' m# k* H3 S7 p# Q5 kA kindergarten teacher has decided to let her class play a game.

The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic
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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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6 a' u8 f5 m) Ea child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number
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of people he/she hates.

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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8 N& P; C  t- \! l9 W0 G; y2 dThe teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes
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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,
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- o) B+ h! C8 h7 a/ V1 y, X* O/ jthose having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1

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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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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5 v5 C+ K6 ]7 {% r4 Ghaving 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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The 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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2 M, |" O1 a! Uyou 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

$ j" i" q& X" x  rin your heart for your lifetime???"

"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;

it is something you do for yourself.

Give yourself the gift of forgiveness"

connie

The implied meaning is simple but profound.