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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
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9 H* @3 T* q0 ~( J' t: gbag 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

6 G1 U: Q; V9 p# M' p. D3 ta child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number
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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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) Z( z% ~$ r) q$ k0 }2 ~' Qthe name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some

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& v9 k) ~- N7 c% o+ ^! ^- KThe teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes
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" c+ w  T& n/ h( r2 `in the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for 1 week.
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: r) N5 x3 |6 Z5 ~8 B7 \Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain
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& k. R7 {& n. ?+ _2 Bdue to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides,
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* P8 E3 v8 Z, p/ N  t% uthose 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.

+ j' }# R( b& E" S" UThe 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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5 x+ `' C: r" D3 Q  f- [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

  T7 o: j; T% [5 Q0 v1 ayour hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred
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will contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever

( C# \8 H. e1 g' O, e# ?3 W8 Dyou 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
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in your heart for your lifetime???"

- a4 c; x! ~$ l7 |3 O. k"Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else;

1 g0 l0 C) \! A4 _- ^it is something you do for yourself.
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- X1 I+ H1 i; ^3 f' v* T- |Give yourself the gift of forgiveness"

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The implied meaning is simple but profound.