Endure the Unendurable

Stanwood Cobb wrote that on one occasion ‘Abdu’l-Bahá spoke of the need for loving patience in the face of aggravating behaviour on the part of others: “One might say, ‘Well, I will endure such-and-such a person so long as he is endurable.’ But Bahá’ís must endure people even when they are unendurable!” Stanwood Cobb pointed out that “He did not look at us solemnly as if appointing us to an arduous and difficult task. Rather, He beamed upon us delightfully, as if to suggest what joy to us it would be to act in this way!”

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