Lovely Love Story
Potatoes
A kindergarten teacher decided to let her class play a game.
The teacher told each child 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 child hates, so the number of potatoes that
a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number
of people he/she hates.
When the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the
names of the people he/she hated. Some had two potatoes, some
had three potatoes while there were a few with up to five potatoes.
The teacher told the children to carry the potatoes in the plastic
bag with them wherever they go (even to the toilet) for one week.
Days passed by and the children started to complain about the
unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Children with
five potatoes complained the most as they had to carry heavier
bags. After a 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 one week?"
The children let out their frustrations and complained about the
trouble they had to go through to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes
wherever they go.
The teacher finally told them about the hidden meaning behind
the game.
The teacher said, "This is the exact situation to what happens
when you carry hatred for someone 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 one week, can you imagine what it is like to
have the stench of hatred in your heart for your lifetime?"
Moral of the story
Throw away any hatred for anyone from your heart so that you will
not carry a burden for a lifetime. The best attitude to take is
to forgive others! Love others even if you don't like them.
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