A Father s Prayer --- by General Douglas MacArthur (May 1952)〈麥克阿瑟為子祈禱文〉---浩呆100/3/9
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
Build me a son whose wishbone will not be where his backbone should be; a son who will know thee and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.
Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge. Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who fail.
Build me a son whose heart will be clean, whose goal will be high; a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men; one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.
And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. Give him humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength.
Then I, his father, will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain".
－General Douglas MacArthur
主啊！懇求祢薰陶我的孩子，讓他在身心疲憊時，還能夠堅強奮起；在恐懼來襲時，還能夠勇敢面對；在競爭中失敗，還能夠再接再厲；在對抗中獲勝，還能夠保持謙虛。
主啊！懇求祢教導我的孩子，懂得腳踏實地的做人做事；引領他認識祢，讓他知道，先瞭解自己，才能開啟一切的人生智慧。
主啊！我祈求祢，不要讓他好逸惡勞，求祢讓他不斷地接受艱苦和試煉，求祢引領他學習在壓力中挺身洗禮，並能幫助在失敗中跌倒的人再站起來。
主啊！求祢塑造我的孩子，讓他懷有一顆慈悲的心，定立一個遠大的人生目標；讓他在能統御別人之前，先能駕馭自己的意志；讓他記得要以歷史為教訓，做為規劃未來的範本。
主啊！當他擁有了這些美德之後，我還要請祢賜給他相當的幽默感，讓他懂得待人處世須嚴謹中不失優雅。
最後請祢賜給他一顆謙卑的心，讓他在世間永遠稟持著：真正的偉大是簡單樸實，真正的智慧是坦誠無私，真正的力量是仁慈謙和。
身為孩子的父親，這時才敢卑微的對祢說：「主啊！我已用盡生命了」，阿門！---麥克阿瑟‧道格拉斯上將
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