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THE STENCH OF HATRED
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: x$ M0 @7 |+ s" OA 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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bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name
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0 L3 Y) L% R6 B4 o2 Hof a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that
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# ?9 }8 N5 j: D# V5 t7 da child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number
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" e- r+ m$ J) k- Y- J; @/ R6 I- Xof people he/she hates.
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% x7 s" p9 ~* N- E' o, BSo when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with
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# {/ A* H3 k& x9 J+ Vthe name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some

6 S, B. P" [) c+ w7 D$ H3 while some up to 5 potatoes.
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: U5 a2 [9 `1 _2 A( C2 b9 ^  rThe teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes
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7 R( V4 k3 x( U6 k# o7 T7 o1 k) Din the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for 1 week.

Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain

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1 X, r" t/ R4 t4 ~& mweek, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.

8 ]! N: Y! [3 _* iThe teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes

with you for 1 week?" The children let out their frustrations and

started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through
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Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game.
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The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry

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

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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

( [0 {" w) m0 l9 R: fin your heart for your lifetime???"
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2 b& V7 R# h# K% z, W/ f"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;

it is something you do for yourself.

' A6 a1 u: _# J% {# r8 s6 eGive yourself the gift of forgiveness"

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The implied meaning is simple but profound.