A school teacher noticed that her
class was increasingly becoming a disjointed one. Quarrels and fights were
increasing by the day. There was no team work. The students had stopped playing
and working with the same fervor and spirit.
Mutual dislike and hatred was
palpable in the air. To put an end to this, she decided to let her class play a
game. The teacher told each student in the class to bring along a plastic bag
containing a few potatoes.
Each potato will be given a name of a
person that the student hates, so the number of potatoes that a student puts in
his/her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he/she hates.
So, when the day came, every student
brought some potatoes with the names of the people he/she hated. Some had 2
potatoes; some 3 while some up to 5 potatoes.
The 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.
Day after day passed by, and the
children started to complain due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten
potatoes. Besides, those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags.
After 1 week, the children were
relieved because the game had finally ended. The 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 they had to
go through having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.
Then the teacher told them the hidden
meaning behind the game. The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation
when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart.
The stench of hatred will contaminate
your heart and you will carry it with you wherever 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 in your heart for your lifetime???"
Moral
of this story
Throw away any hatred for anyone from
your heart so that you will not carry the burden for a lifetime. The one most
affected by your hatred for someone else is yourself...
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