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.

* FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEHAVED WITH YOU AS EXPECTED AND FORGET THE

BAD THINGS. THIS ALSO MAKES ROOM AVAILABLE FOR STORING GOOD THINGS.





Cheers

Cherin