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发表于 2004-10-29 04:51 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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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 0 A3 r9 t7 R; ~8 ]: |! N
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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 5 n7 _# G: K2 Z) o6 i
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a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number 6 ^8 j4 G/ w) l8 R" ~( S3 j$ ]
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of people he/she hates.
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So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with
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- Q$ h. A$ g1 Qthe 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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The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes " N; w7 V6 c5 c- y

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: \" `( \+ P, b' ^: E4 wDays after days passed by, and the children started to complain 9 o3 x/ C% ]5 r  Y1 ]
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due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides,
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week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended. , ]: a- m: e0 x2 L; J
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The teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes , `) d) O4 |1 ]
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with you for 1 week?" The children let out their frustrations and ! L+ T% S) ?, k: o, M+ t
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started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through
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3 o1 i0 v: Y0 K- J1 KThe teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry ) K1 p" [3 j  S; i  ^$ Z( d, f
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your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred $ o/ a: N5 H. D) h) _( E
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will contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever 7 ]1 }1 `$ l4 E! P( a+ x/ p

- O5 n, b8 f1 q/ [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 3 N  x/ s  B6 Z: J( z; ^& W: w

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"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;
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it is something you do for yourself.
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Give yourself the gift of forgiveness"
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发表于 2004-11-1 05:10 | 显示全部楼层
The implied meaning is simple but profound.
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