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THE STENCH OF HATRED

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* W+ A  M! s7 v: t# [% K9 fA kindergarten teacher has decided to let her class play a game.

0 E  @4 S# @* v) X6 @The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic

9 |' B$ n" a/ q) Q: Wbag 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

- M/ s( @. H6 q& _$ Q% Ca child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number

9 s2 E  y! D) u/ p8 B2 q7 `; L7 ~; sof people he/she hates.

So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with

7 T3 m$ k. q0 Y1 V3 b4 |& dthe name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some
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3 while some up to 5 potatoes.

) J: C1 E* g5 }. s; [* lThe teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes

in the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for 1 week.
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/ n" R4 ~3 r6 A) o5 BDays 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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! S$ |, _( m7 [2 J7 p) nthose having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1
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$ Q! R/ r+ W4 c( R) ?0 Fweek, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.
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2 K2 S" z4 F, P5 u- F- d! r. MThe 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

; M2 {+ n# ]5 b) F: t" `7 F! tstarted complaining of the trouble that they had to go through
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8 c/ U, ~/ M1 [# @! j/ Ehaving to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.

2 r& v3 i# b# sThen the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.

The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry
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0 h) `! V  n# W4 O+ R) vyour hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred

will 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
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6 |9 t* S1 C" o) y1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred

2 A  h" H* ^8 `* b7 j; Oin your heart for your lifetime???"
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! ]4 N, O+ ^, x1 r. u"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"

connie

The implied meaning is simple but profound.