Less Is More, Simple Not Easy

早上聽到佳音電台訪問宇宙光的執行長，談到宇宙光今年的聖誕禮物-珍藏一生的祝福，

這本精裝書記錄60篇雋永的禱告文，其中一篇就是麥克阿瑟為兒子祈禱文，

雖然之前就看過這篇禱告文，但自己有了兒子之後看了更有不同的感觸，

思想，如果我要為我兒子禱告，我會祈求神給他什麼向的品格？

也許細節我還要時間思考，但至少一件事就是必須成為一位"敬畏神的人"，

因為一位敬畏神的人，會學習：

愛人、愛自己、憐恤、柔和、謙卑、勇敢、面對失敗、勇於挑戰～～～～～

麥克阿瑟祈禱文

麥克阿瑟祈禱文 For Son

主啊！求你塑造我的兒子，使他夠堅強到能認識自己的軟弱；夠勇敢到能面對懼怕；在誠實的失敗中，毫不氣餒；在勝利中，仍保持謙遜溫和。

"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.

懇 求塑造我的兒子，不至空有幻想而缺乏行動；引導他認識你，同時又知道，認識自己乃是真知識的基石。

Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds; a son who will know Thee…… and thatto know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.

我祈禱，願你引導他不求安逸、舒適，相反的，經過壓力、艱難和挑戰，學習在風暴中挺身站立，學會憐恤那些在重壓之下失敗的人。

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.

求你塑造我的兒子，心地清潔，目標遠大；使他在指揮別人之前，先懂得駕馭自己；永不忘記過去的教訓，又能伸展入未來的理想。

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.

當他擁有以上的一切，我還要禱求，賜他足夠的幽默感，使他能認真嚴肅，卻不致過分苛求自己。

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.

懇求賜他謙卑，使他永遠記牢，真正的偉大是單純，真正的智慧是坦率，真正的力量是溫和。

Give him humility, so that he may always rememberthe simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom and the meekness of true strength.

如此，我這作父親的，才敢低聲說：「我沒有虛度此生。」

Then, I, his father will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain.'"

－麥克阿瑟

－General Douglas MacArthur