Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes

A teacher decided to let her class play a game.

She told each child in the class to bring along a bag with a few tomatoes.

Each tomato would be given a name of a person that the child hated.

So the number of tomatoes in his or her bag would depend on the number of people the child hated.

When the day came, every child brought some tomatoes with the names of the people he or she hated.

Some had two tomatoes. Some even had fivetomatoes.

The teacher then told the children to carry the tomatoes with them wherever they went for a week.

Days passed, and the children started to complain, because the rotten tomatoes let out a terrible smell.

Besides, those having five tomatoes also hadto carry heavier bags.

After one week, the children were very happy because the game had finally ended.

The teacher asked, "How did you feel?"

The children started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through when carrying the heavy and smelly tomatoes.

Then the teacher told them the meaning behind the game.

The teacher said, "This is the same situation when you carry hatred for somebody inside your heart.

The terrible smell of hatred will pollute your heart, and you will carry it with you wherever you go.

If you cannot stand the smell of the rotten tomatoes for just one week, can you imaginewhat it is like to have the smell of hatred in your heart for the rest of your life?"