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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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: ?( _9 P0 p4 eThe teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic

2 ~: m$ v  z6 N  k0 z% g% qbag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name
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2 l0 `$ N% ~9 A9 q6 a/ dof 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

of people he/she hates.

So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with
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3 while some up to 5 potatoes.

The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes
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/ [0 U. ~8 u1 \8 Y; Z( p  Lin the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for 1 week.
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$ K. G) }( e0 i) o- |Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain

: P: Z2 c7 R% D' P* E8 F4 Hdue to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides,
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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.
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* u4 ?& p! [4 M/ ?2 ZThe 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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started 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.

Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.

The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry

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

4 u& I& m+ T) m1 dwill 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

3 N7 [% @2 }. N2 F1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred
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' o; R9 }: U4 |; p4 G% B"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;

it is something you do for yourself.
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  M& ^' w/ _  A; B1 `Give yourself the gift of forgiveness"

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The implied meaning is simple but profound.