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Potatoes
Once a Junior School teacher asked her students to bring some potatoes
in a plastic bag to school. Each potato will be given a name of the
person whom that child hates.
Like this the number of potatoes will be equal to the number of persons
they hate. On a decided day the children brought their potatoes well
addressed. Some had two, some had three and some had even five
potatoes. The teacher said they have to carry these potatoes with them
everywhere they go for a week.
As the days passed the children started to complain about the spoiled
smell that started coming from these potatoes. Also some students who
had many potatoes complained that it was very heavy to carry them all
around. The children got rid of this assignment after a week when it
got over.
The teacher asked, "How did you feel in this one week?" The children
discussed their problems about the smell and weight. Then the teacher
said, "This situation is very similar to what you carry in your heart
when you don't like some people.
This hatred makes your heart unhealthy and you carry that hatred in your
heart everywhere you go. If you can not bear the smell of spoiled
potatoes for a week, imagine the impact of this hatred that you carry
through out your life, on your heart?"
MORALE: Our heart is a beautiful garden that needs a regular cleaning of
unwanted weeds.
in a plastic bag to school. Each potato will be given a name of the
person whom that child hates.
Like this the number of potatoes will be equal to the number of persons
they hate. On a decided day the children brought their potatoes well
addressed. Some had two, some had three and some had even five
potatoes. The teacher said they have to carry these potatoes with them
everywhere they go for a week.
As the days passed the children started to complain about the spoiled
smell that started coming from these potatoes. Also some students who
had many potatoes complained that it was very heavy to carry them all
around. The children got rid of this assignment after a week when it
got over.
The teacher asked, "How did you feel in this one week?" The children
discussed their problems about the smell and weight. Then the teacher
said, "This situation is very similar to what you carry in your heart
when you don't like some people.
This hatred makes your heart unhealthy and you carry that hatred in your
heart everywhere you go. If you can not bear the smell of spoiled
potatoes for a week, imagine the impact of this hatred that you carry
through out your life, on your heart?"
MORALE: Our heart is a beautiful garden that needs a regular cleaning of
unwanted weeds.