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 the 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 names of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes, some 3, while some had 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 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 about the trouble they had to go through, having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they went. 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 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 sins for a lifetime. Forgiving others is the best attitude to take. "Learn to Forgive and Forget."
Regards,
Mallet.
From India, Hyderabad
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41The 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 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 about the trouble they had to go through, having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they went. 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 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 sins for a lifetime. Forgiving others is the best attitude to take. "Learn to Forgive and Forget."
Regards,
Mallet.
From India, Hyderabad
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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."
If so, can we forgive the rapist? If so, can we forgive the terrorist? If someone has done something to be hated, he/she deserves to be hated. Forgiveness is good for self-development, but it is very dangerous for work culture.
That is my view.
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If so, can we forgive the rapist? If so, can we forgive the terrorist? If someone has done something to be hated, he/she deserves to be hated. Forgiveness is good for self-development, but it is very dangerous for work culture.
That is my view.
From India, Delhi
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I think at workplace the story totally takes a turnaround. There is hardly any room for forgiveness. Mallet.
From India, Hyderabad
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Hi Mallet,
How are you? The story which you have contributed is good and it shows that we need to keep away hatred from children since their childhood. There are many things that we carry with us since childhood. Therefore, all parents should root out these seeds of hatred from the minds of their children.
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Gowtam
From India, Hyderabad
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How are you? The story which you have contributed is good and it shows that we need to keep away hatred from children since their childhood. There are many things that we carry with us since childhood. Therefore, all parents should root out these seeds of hatred from the minds of their children.
Regards,
Gowtam
From India, Hyderabad
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