Three Hearts United into One
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New York (today: New York, USA)
Juliet Thompson was painting the Master’s portrait in America. Lua Getsinger and May Maxwell came into the library, crossed over to where she was sitting and stood behind her.
The Master looked up and smiled at May. “You have a kind heart, Mrs Maxwell.” Then He turned to Lua. “You, Lua, have a tender heart. And what kind of heart have you, Juliet?” He laughed. “What kind of a heart have you?”
“Oh, what kind of heart have I? You know, my Lord. I don’t know.”
“An emotional heart.” He laughed again and rolled His hands one around the other in a sort of tempestuous gesture. “You will have a boiling heart, Juliet. Now,” He continued, “if these three hearts were united into one heart—kind, tender and emotional—what a great heart that would be!”
Source: Annamarie Honnold, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, pp. 46–47; from The Diary of Juliet Thompson (June 1912).
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