「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 wishes will not take the place of deeds. 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 that 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 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 and the meekness of true strength.
Then, I, his father will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain.'"
－General Douglas Mac Arthur」
主啊！懇求您塑造我的兒子，使他擁有足夠的堅強以認知自己的軟弱，足夠的勇氣來面對心中的恐懼。在誠實卻遭受失敗打擊時，並不因此灰心氣餒；如果得到勝利，也明白應該保持謙遜。
懇求您塑造我的兒子，不成為空想而缺乏行動的人。謙卑地敬畏您，同時有自信與自知，清楚認知自己才是真理的基石。懇求您引導他不貪求安逸舒適，有能力穿越滿佈壓力、艱難和挑戰的旅途。讓他學會面對風雨仍舊挺身直立，同時又能憐恤那些在重擔中失足的人。
懇求您塑造我的兒子，讓他成為心地坦蕩，思慮清澈，目光遠大的人。幫助他在開始指導他人之前，能夠冷靜而鎮定地要求自己。使他具有前瞻思維的同時，仍舊兼顧過去的智慧。我還要祈求，懇求您給予恩賜的同時，讓他擁有充足的幽默感，幫助他認真嚴肅地面對人生，也不致過度地苛責自己。
懇求您賜予他謙卑，讓他能夠永遠體解，簡單才能達到真正偉大的境界，真實的智慧必然伴隨開明包容的心胸，只有溫柔敦厚的處世態度才具有力量。
如此，身為父親的我，才敢低聲地說：「我不曾虛度此生。」
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