A kindergarten teacher has 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. So 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.
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. Days after days 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 that 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 the Story:
Throw away any hatred for anyone from your heart so that you will not carry sins for a lifetime. Forgiving others is the best attitude to take. "Learn to Forgive and Forget."
Regards,
Mallet.
From India, Hyderabad
40The 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. Days after days 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 that 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 the Story:
Throw away any hatred for anyone from your heart so that you will not carry sins for a lifetime. Forgiving others is the best attitude to take. "Learn to Forgive and Forget."
Regards,
Mallet.
From India, Hyderabad
Dear Mallet, Nice one indeed..With sheer amount of easy you put the best philosophy of life.. Well done..Keep on coming such Divine thoughts. With Best Regards, Amit
From India, New Delhi
From India, New Delhi
Hi,
Hating some one is a bad quality. As children, they are just like mirror, they reflects how they project.
This posting is useful to everyone. If we have hatredness towards anyone, we will go on that feeling only. Just try to remove that feeling for once, then u can realise the lightness of the life.
Nice posting.
Regards
Katyayani
From India, Hyderabad
Hating some one is a bad quality. As children, they are just like mirror, they reflects how they project.
This posting is useful to everyone. If we have hatredness towards anyone, we will go on that feeling only. Just try to remove that feeling for once, then u can realise the lightness of the life.
Nice posting.
Regards
Katyayani
From India, Hyderabad
If so can we forgive the rapist?
If so can we forgive the terrorist?
If some one done someting to be hated , he/she deserve to be hated .
Forgiveness is good for self developement , but it is very dangarous for work culture.
That is my view.
From India, Delhi
If so can we forgive the terrorist?
If some one done someting to be hated , he/she deserve to be hated .
Forgiveness is good for self developement , but it is very dangarous for work culture.
That is my view.
From India, Delhi
I think at workplace the story totally takes a turnaround. There is hardly any room for forgiveness. Mallet.
From India, Hyderabad
From India, Hyderabad
Hi Mallet,
How r u? The story which you have contributed is good and that it shows that even need to keep away this hatred from the children since their childhood and there are many things which will be carried by us since the childhood. So, all the parents should p;uck out these hatred roots from the minds of their children.
regards,
gowtam
From India, Hyderabad
How r u? The story which you have contributed is good and that it shows that even need to keep away this hatred from the children since their childhood and there are many things which will be carried by us since the childhood. So, all the parents should p;uck out these hatred roots from the minds of their children.
regards,
gowtam
From India, Hyderabad
Hi Mallet The story which you had contributed is good. and it makes people think before they develop hatred on the other people. thank u and keep posting rgds kumar
From India
From India
Hi Mallet. The perfect example. But very tuff to follow.. there is no other way also... that make it so special.. Regards, Khalil
Hi, It’s very good. I will see that it is passed on to many. Very practical and simple. Great going. Thanks on behalf of many. Best of luck Venkatesh HR
From India, Delhi
From India, Delhi
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