Thanks to the tricky and infinite paths followed by the eyeballs of my friends, one of them, very well known for his knowledge, said to have even know themes a lot less than popular for the masses and loved by lovely and good friend (in the good fashion of the word), Ozono, found this spectacular prayer that deserves no less than to be quoted; of course, referencing the place where I found it, my friend’s blog (in Spanish) Fragmentos de una OrestÃada. The prayer, according to Ozono’s research belongs to General MacArthur and goes like this:
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.
Keeping this in mind and with a hand over your heart, it’s not possible to ignore such words and even more to not admire the one who spoke them. The only thing left to say is Amen!
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