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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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a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number
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3 d1 S, l/ U5 ?+ c, gof people he/she hates.
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# j/ z, _2 W, }9 c5 q, c4 DSo 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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3 while some up to 5 potatoes.
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& B, C$ x# J9 iThe teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes

4 o( Y+ O2 K$ y3 bin the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for 1 week.
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/ e# _2 }+ O; f! ^6 S5 M  Y% @# tDays after days passed by, and the children started to complain
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) G" r& P' H( j; E3 Z" Qdue to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides,
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/ b# F5 {+ n/ f( nthose having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1

  L0 o$ i& q) N8 H) tweek, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.
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7 \' y2 x6 i( ]4 `3 R3 B( @' M) \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

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: `" i: L/ z# `. V8 P+ bhaving 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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* ]: ]2 i9 K4 @The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry
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4 q' P2 A3 x5 t4 |1 Zyour hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred
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will contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever

8 R, O. v; |5 Qyou go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just

( B$ g: n4 ?% ^6 K5 r! Z) `  R! C1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred

+ ?$ W) O- m- y! T' T- Rin your heart for your lifetime???"
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& b' P1 X) S1 O9 y! k& H( S"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;

it is something you do for yourself.
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The implied meaning is simple but profound.