Virtue Songs, #3 Gentleness

Love, service, joy and gentleness,       

Love, service, joy and gentleness.

These are virtues we possess,

Love, service, joy and gentleness.

O thou .........! I hope that thou wilt progress more and more; that thou wilt increase thy knowledge and science; and that thou wilt ever strive for gentleness and love.

Tablets of `Abdu˘®¯l-Bahá, p. 657

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Questions:

1.) What does gentleness mean? Why is it important? ________________________

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2.) Why does Abdu˘®¯l-Bahá prays for us to have it? ___________________________

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3. Who is the gentlest at your house? Why do you think (he / she) is gentle? ______

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Should anyone wax angry with you, respond to him with gentleness; and should anyone upbraid you, forbear to upbraid him in return, but leave him to himself and put your trust in God, the omnipotent Avenger, the Lord of might and justice.

Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, para 153

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3. How should we be with someone who is angry?

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4. What should do for people who scold or make us angry?

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5. Who is the gentlest person at your school? Why? What does (he/she) do? _____ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________