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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.

 

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;

 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 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 MacArthur

 

主啊！ 懇求您教導我的兒子

使他在軟弱時，能夠堅強不屈

在懼怕時能夠勇敢自持

在誠實的失敗中，毫不氣餒

在光明的勝利中，仍能保持謙遜溫和

 

我祈求您，不要使他走上安逸、舒適之途

而將他置魚困難和挑戰的磨練之中

使他學習在風暴中挺身站起

並學會憐恤那些在壓力之下失敗跌倒的人

 

求您讓他有一顆純潔的心，懷有遠大的理想

當邁入未來之際，永不忘記過去的教訓

在他有了這些美德之後

我還要祈求您賜給他充分的幽默感

以免他過於嚴肅

 

求您賜給他謙卑的心，使他永遠記得

真正的偉大是單純，

真正的智慧是坦率

真正的力量是溫和！

然後作為父親的我

才敢輕聲的說：[這一生我總算沒有白活！]