Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame. ..................................

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

A Tale of Potatoes

Once a junior school teacher asked her students to bring some potatoes in a plastic bag. 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?"

The Morale :
We need to regularly clean the unwanted weeds that we grow. We must learn to forgive those who have not behaved with us as expected and forget the bad things. This would keep our mind more open and the cup will always have room for more good.

4 comments:

Rachna said...

Great post and message. But, alas forgiveness does not come this easy.

A New Beginning said...

That's why it is said, he's the greatest who forgives.. Forgiving someone is not easy but carrying the burden of our wroth against is more difficult.
Thanks for such an inspiring story.

Haddock said...

A good one.
And if this is a true story, then I appreciate the teacher.

Glennis said...

Good moral to the story, forgiveness must be worked at. Worth the effort.