YC's vision @ UK

看著VF學弟MSN上的暱稱，最近似乎不是太順利，
突然想起一段很好的文章。

出國三年，有時後論文寫不出東西，得到的統計結果不好，
前兩年申請台灣的獎學金，
「被」證明自己不是他們「所謂的菁英」（真的很想罵 XXXX !!），
丟出去的期刊文章被退回....
會開始懷疑這幾年熬在這邊的意義，然後就開始沮喪起來，
還曾經有想打電話訂機票回家的念頭。

這時候放在個人文件夾中，
來自於 MacArthur所寫的《A Father's prayer》文章，
讀著，想著，會讓心情好轉許多，也比較有繼續下去的動力。

加油吧，學弟！事情總是會過的，熬下去就對了。

《A Father’s Prayer》

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, have not lived in vain.

－by General Douglas MacArthur (May, 1952)