有人小时候背过麦克阿瑟为子祈祷文吗
我好像没背过
但听人家说这篇课文要背
是不是我当时的老师太好 所以没有让我们背
麦克阿瑟为子祈祷文
主啊！教导我儿子，
在软弱时，能够坚强不屈；
在惧怕时，能够勇敢自持；
在诚实的失败中，毫不气馁；
在光明的胜利中，仍保持谦逊温和。
教导我儿子，笃实力行，而不从事空想；
使他认识你，同时也认识他自己，
这才是一切知识的开端。
我祈求你，不要将他引上逸乐之途，
而将他置于困难及挑战的磨练与刺激之下；
使他学着在风暴中站起来，
而由此学着同情那些跌倒的人。
求你让他有一颗纯洁的心、
一个高尚的目标，
在学习指挥别人之前，先学会自制；
在迈向未来之时，而不遗忘过去。
主！在他有了这些美德之后，
我还要祈求你
赐给他充份的幽默感，以免过于严肃；
赐给他谦虚，
使他永远记着
真正的伟大是单纯，
真正的智慧是坦率，
真正的力量是温和。
然后作为父亲的我，才敢轻声的说：
“我总算这辈子没有白活”。阿们！
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 MacArthur