Overlooking One Another’s Shortcomings
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Chicago (today: Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Under a grove of trees near Lake Michigan, while in Chicago in 1912, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá gave intimate and loving counsel to His friends: “Some of you may have observed that I have not called attention to any of your individual shortcomings. I would suggest to you, that if you shall be similarly considerate in your treatment of each other, it will be greatly conducive to the harmony of your association with each other.”
Source: Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Annamarie Honnold), no. 65, “Disregard individual shortcomings”, p. 88.
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