Story......truth of life
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?"
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?"
