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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

( O9 g2 g5 c9 o1 P! {bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name
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6 {( N% p7 j& Eof 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
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4 ~1 n3 l0 p9 y( FSo when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with

the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some

3 while some up to 5 potatoes.

' R% R( b+ L+ C& u# J6 |The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes

* R& @& Q3 S& V, C1 L" O9 gin the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for 1 week.

% f' P8 S4 u! l% N$ DDays after days passed by, and the children started to complain
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! ?* W. I' S* v/ |4 {: E0 @due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides,

those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1
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" X! S! X  Z* q1 Gweek, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.

9 U9 g2 `, C7 \7 HThe 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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having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.
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Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.
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- t  i- {' ]& b+ ?$ W) ?The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry
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your 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

1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred

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/ r9 D  C) [/ N! Y"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;

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* ?% L' [" n; G8 k  {3 l  rGive yourself the gift of forgiveness"

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The implied meaning is simple but profound.