🍅 A teacher asked her students to bring some tomatoes in a plastic bag to school
🍅 Each tomato was to be given the name of a person whom that child hates
🍅So, the number of tomatoes would be equal to the number of persons they hate
🍅 On a pre-determined day, all 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 they hated
🍅 The teacher then told them they had to carry the tomatoes with them everywhere they go for two weeks
🍅 As the days passed the children started to complain about the decay and smell of the tomatoes
🍅 The students who had many tomatoes complained it was very heavy to carry and the smell was too much
🍅 After a week, the teacher asked the students
"How did you feel this week?"
🍅 The children complained of the awful smell and heavy weight of the tomatoes, especially those who carried several 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 spoilt tomatoes for a week, imagine the impact of bitterness on your heart as you carry it daily"
🍅 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 !!!
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Inspiring Messages
SpiritualThis is basically a mix of lectures, poems, stories etc. I found some of these through WhatsApp, twitter and Islamic books and I thought it would be good idea to share them with everyone.
