Kindness lies at the heart of loving discipline
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Kindness lies at the heart of loving discipline. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá dearly loved His little grandson, Shoghi, but he needed to learn to be on time. This he learned very early in his life 'after receiving one good chastisement from no other hand than that of his grandfather!' He then became the first to get up for the family prayers and breakfast.
Source: Honnold, Annamarie, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 47
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