作者∕麥克阿瑟(General Douglas MacArthur) |
主啊!懇求你教導我的兒子, 懇求塑造我的兒子, 主啊!懇求你教導我的兒子, 主啊!我祈求你, 主啊!求你塑造我的兒子, 主啊!在他有了這些美德之後, 求你賜給他謙卑的心, 然後作為父親的我,
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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