It's New Year Again
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A teacher asked her students to bring some tomatoes in a plastic bag to school. Each tomato was to be given a name of the person whom that student hated.
This way, the number of tomatoes would be equal to the number of persons each student hated.
On the decided day, the children brought their tomatoes well addressed. Some had two, some had three and some had five, some even had 20 tomatoes in accordance with the number of people each student hated.
The teacher told them they were to carry the tomatoes with them everywhere they went for the next 2 weeks.
As the days passed, the students started to complain about the spoiled and smelly tomatoes. Students who had many tomatoes complained it was very heavy to carry and the smell was too much.
After 1 week, the teacher asked the students "How did you feel this week?"
The Children complained of the smell & heavy weight of the tomatoes especially those who carried more tomatoes.
The teacher said, "This is very similar to what you carry in your heart when you don't like some people. Hatred makes the heart unhealthy and you carry that hatred everywhere.
If you can't bear the smell of spoiled tomatoes for a week, imagine the impact on your heart that you carry throughout your life !."
The Heart is a beautiful garden that needs regular cleaning of unwanted weeds.
Forgive those who have angered you.
This makes room for storing good things..
Get better, not bitter
May the good Lord strengthen us so that we can forgive those who wrong us and take away every hatred we have in our hearts.
Welcome to your year, my year and our year.....
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A teacher asked her students to bring some tomatoes in a plastic bag to school. Each tomato was to be given a name of the person whom that student hated.
This way, the number of tomatoes would be equal to the number of persons each student hated.
On the decided day, the children brought their tomatoes well addressed. Some had two, some had three and some had five, some even had 20 tomatoes in accordance with the number of people each student hated.
The teacher told them they were to carry the tomatoes with them everywhere they went for the next 2 weeks.
As the days passed, the students started to complain about the spoiled and smelly tomatoes. Students who had many tomatoes complained it was very heavy to carry and the smell was too much.
After 1 week, the teacher asked the students "How did you feel this week?"
The Children complained of the smell & heavy weight of the tomatoes especially those who carried more tomatoes.
The teacher said, "This is very similar to what you carry in your heart when you don't like some people. Hatred makes the heart unhealthy and you carry that hatred everywhere.
If you can't bear the smell of spoiled tomatoes for a week, imagine the impact on your heart that you carry throughout your life !."
The Heart is a beautiful garden that needs regular cleaning of unwanted weeds.
Forgive those who have angered you.
This makes room for storing good things..
Get better, not bitter
May the good Lord strengthen us so that we can forgive those who wrong us and take away every hatred we have in our hearts.
Welcome to your year, my year and our year.....
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