A Nice story with a good moral. Please go through.
A kindergarten teacher 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, each 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 lifetime.
Forgiving others is the best attitude to take!
Love Everyone & Be Loved
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9 comments:
wat if dat sum ppl has only done bad for you, N dnt e1 regret wat dey did?
How can i forgive them?
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It would be better if you put your name rather than Anonymous...:)
Forgiveness is not always easy...And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness...just ignore them....Remember..'When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future'
The way i learn to forgive or flush the hatred from my mind is to pray for the wellbeing of such persons whenever I happen to pray, and whenever the thought of such persons flash in my mind, I just repeatedly bring myself to say 'I love you all.'
After a period of time, I have found that I had slowly overcome the hatred, or whatever one may term it, for such persons.
It's quite difficult to start with, but with some hard practice it becomes easy. The ultimate success is when you find for yourself that the thought of such persons does not bring any more negative thoughts to your mind, but instead, fills it up with a sense of peace and tranquility. Believe it or not, at such times yout'll feel that you are the most blessed person on earth!!!
In many cases, i have discovered that the person whom I had trouble with or viceversa, starting to react positively towards me. I presume that, though sounding a bit illogical, that the moment one's mind wills to pray wholeheartedly for the person and love him, some positive vibes connect both of them, which results in the change of attitude towards each other.
Without doubt, forgiveness flushes out a lot of negative thoughts from one's mind. 'Start with the worst negative thought,and proceed to banish the rest, in the order of the degree of negativity.' This method has worked with a great degree of success for me.
if anyone feels this is only a way of brainwashing one's mind, you are right. As I age, I have found that my mind requires frequent brainwashing to clear the clutter that has filled it with the course of time. Whenever I meet with success, each time I have felt mysself becoming youger by at least five years.
@KS...My simple method is to shower love...this method..actually makes the person to take a u turn ....after some time they start to feel ur genuine and not fake...and they too start to love u....it works wonders...
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@KS actually ur methods...remembers me of 'zen'...taking mind to another level...tough to do...but if u do u have reached an upper level in ur state of mind...kudos...
thanks Prabha. I know there is way to go before i can reach that level, but am trying my best to get as close as possible. I need your best wishes for that.
My best wishes....hahaha...it always there...go on...
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