記得小時候書本上有念過麥帥的為子祈禱文
當時念起來沒有什麼特別的感覺
經歷這麼多年成長的過程,再加上有自己的小孩
如今讀起來字字句句都覺得意喻深遠

我們公司每年都有徵文比賽
這篇是今年要閱讀的文章

與大家分享

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為子祈禱文--道格拉斯 麥克阿瑟將軍

請萬能的主,使我的兒子足夠堅強,知道什麼時候他最軟弱;足夠勇敢,在他害怕時能夠自持;使他成為一個勝不驕,敗不餒的人。

請使我的兒子能夠不以空想代替行動;使他認識你─也認識他自己是知識的基石。

我祈求,不要讓他走上安逸舒適的道路,但讓他接受困難及挑戰的磨鍊及刺激。讓他從中學習,在風暴中站立起來,讓他從中學習,同情失敗者。

請使我的兒子心地純潔,目光遠大,使他在學習指揮別人前,先學會自治,使他成為一個可以矚望將來,但永不忘記過去的人。

如果他能做到以上所說的一切,我還要祈禱上帝賜給他充分的幽默感,那樣儘管他可能經常保持嚴肅,但不致於他自己過於嚴肅。賜給他謙恭,使他可以長久記住:真正的偉大是單純的,真正的智慧是坦誠的,真正的力量是謙和的。

然後,作為父親的我,才敢輕聲的說『我這輩子沒有白活』。



A Father Prayer by General Douglas MacArthur (May 1952)

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 clear, 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 true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength.

Then, I, his father, will dare to whisper, have not lived in vain.


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