OUR HEART IS A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN

Another wonderful article posted by an AOL member which I thought I should share here right away.....Enjoy!!!

Once a Junior High School teacher asked her students to bring some
potatoes in a plastic bag to school. 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 people they hate. On a decided day the children
brought their potatoes well addressed. Some had two, some had three and
some had even five.

The teacher said that they would have to carry these potatoes with them
everywhere they went 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 cannot 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."

Our heart is a beautiful garden that needs a regular cleaning of unwanted
weeds. Forgive those who have not behaved with you as expected and forget
the bad things. This also makes room for storing good things.

Jhakkkkas Socho Aur Bindaaaas Raho !

LOVE. Jai Gurudev.