Such a wish.. will it be too heavy for Hayden?
Last Sunday, I asked Paul, "What is your wish/expectation for our baby Hayden?"
He said, "No worries (無憂無慮)".
At that moment, I answered, "That's all?"
He said, "Yes" without any hesitation.
In fact, I agree with him after thinking about it for a while.
Even though I pray to my Bodhisattva everyday for giving my son
"Compassion, Courage, Faith, and Wisdom," isn't that all lead to a life with "No worries"?
A Father Prayer by General Douglas MacArthur (May 1952)
Last Sunday, I asked Paul, "What is your wish/expectation for our baby Hayden?"
He said, "No worries (無憂無慮)".
At that moment, I answered, "That's all?"
He said, "Yes" without any hesitation.
In fact, I agree with him after thinking about it for a while.
Even though I pray to my Bodhisattva everyday for giving my son
"Compassion, Courage, Faith, and Wisdom," isn't that all lead to a life with "No worries"?
A Father Prayer by General Douglas MacArthur (May 1952)
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; 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 who 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 learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; 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, the meekness of true strength. Then, I, his father, will dare to whisper, have not lived in vain.
主啊！懇求你塑造我的兒子，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，自豪不屈；在勝利中，仍然保持謙遜溫和。
懇求你塑造我的兒子，不要空想而缺乏行動；帶領他認識你，並且知道認識自己是知識的基石。 我祈禱，不要讓他走在安逸舒適的坦途，而讓他經歷壓力、艱難與挑戰。藉此讓他學習在風暴中挺立，學習憐恤失敗的人。
懇求你塑造我的兒子，使他心地純潔，目標崇高，在指揮別人之前，先能駕馭自己；善加籌畫未來，但永不忘記過去。
當他擁有以上的一切，我還要禱告，賜他充分的幽默感，使他能認真嚴肅，卻不會太苛求自己。賜他謙卑，讓他永遠牢記，真正的偉大在於平凡！ 真正的智慧在於敞開的心！真正的力量在於溫和柔順！
如此，身為父親的我，才敢低聲說：「我沒有虛度此生！」
Build me a son whose wishbone will not be where his backbone should be; 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 who 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 learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; 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, the meekness of true strength. Then, I, his father, will dare to whisper, have not lived in vain.
主啊！懇求你塑造我的兒子，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，自豪不屈；在勝利中，仍然保持謙遜溫和。
懇求你塑造我的兒子，不要空想而缺乏行動；帶領他認識你，並且知道認識自己是知識的基石。 我祈禱，不要讓他走在安逸舒適的坦途，而讓他經歷壓力、艱難與挑戰。藉此讓他學習在風暴中挺立，學習憐恤失敗的人。
懇求你塑造我的兒子，使他心地純潔，目標崇高，在指揮別人之前，先能駕馭自己；善加籌畫未來，但永不忘記過去。
當他擁有以上的一切，我還要禱告，賜他充分的幽默感，使他能認真嚴肅，卻不會太苛求自己。賜他謙卑，讓他永遠牢記，真正的偉大在於平凡！ 真正的智慧在於敞開的心！真正的力量在於溫和柔順！
如此，身為父親的我，才敢低聲說：「我沒有虛度此生！」
2 則留言:
Well... If I can wish just a little more, then I wish that Stella and I won't need to worry about him either.
dear, 我以前讀到蘇東坡對孩子的願望是，非常同意啊。
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