General Douglas MacArthur, the great
military hero of the WWII generation, offered this prayer for his son.
It reveals the heart of every father. This is what he wrote, "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. 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 clean,
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."
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