Tomatoes on your heart

🏕 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!!! Richie cares