Life as a Potato {Insp}

"Life as a Potato"

A teacher once told each of her students to
bring a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes
to school. For every person they'd refused to
forgive in their life's experience, they chose a
potato, wrote on it the name and date, and put
it in the plastic bag. Some of their bags were
quite heavy.

They were then told to carry this bag with them
everywhere for one week, putting it beside their
bed at night; on the car seat when driving; next
to their desk at work . . . .

The hassle of lugging this around with them
made it clear what a weight the were carrying
spiritually, and how they had to pay attention
to it all the time to not forget and keep leaving
it in embarrassing places.

Naturally, the condition of the potatoes
deteriorated to a nasty slime.

This was a great metaphor for the price we
pay for keeping our pain and heavy negativity.
Too often we think of forgiveness as a gift to
the other person, and it clearly is for ourselves.
Received on Sun Jul 16 01:00:02 2006