Not just love but compassion has to drive discipline. Love comes from recognizing one's merits and positive qualities (discipline channels and directs those strengths and weeds out the negative). Compassion is unconditional love. It is love just for the sake of love, not considering the others position. Tiferet is a result of total selflessness in the eyes of G‑d. You love for no reason; you love because you are a reflection of G‑d.
Does my discipline have this element of compassion?
Exercise for the day: Be compassionate to someone you have reproached.
Not sure this 100% meshes with today's theme...but...interestingly, my daughter texted me today that she was listening to some music that reminded her of a time, probably 20 years ago, when I took her and her friend to a concert by that same band. She apologized for being a rude teenager, not wanting to sit with me at the concert. I told her that I did not even remember that incident.
At that point, I mentioned to her an incident that occurred, maybe around the same time, that I still felt guilty about, when I reproached her in front of two of her friends, for opening a box of cookies in the carpeted area of the house, instead of over the counter where I had asked her to open it. Of course, she spilled crumbs all over the carpet, and I yelled at her. In turn, she did not even remember that incident! She apologized now for her behavior then, we cleared the slate!! ♥️♥️ I love her so much!!