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Message: Good story to share... 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 life time. Forgiving others is
the best attitude to take! ! Life is to be fortified by
many friendships. To love & to be loved is the
greatest happiness. Fate determines who comes
into our lives. The heart determines who stays...
So do in the working environment. Working happily
without any hatred for anyone is the best policy in
order to achieve success.
Source: http://www.thubtenchodron.org/DailyLifeDharma/the_stench_of_hatred.html |
