From
MacArthur by
Clay Blair, Jr.
...The general spent a great deal of time at the penthouse with Jean and little Arthur, nicknamed Sergeant ... He was an inordinately proud and doting father. He expressed his feelings eloquently in a 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 who fail.
Build me a son whose heart wll 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, "I have not lived in vain."
ATTENTION:
Whoever borrowed our laundry tub, please return.
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If you stole it, please come and pick up the cover.
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Thank you,
Snow White Laundromat
A young fella feeling the pressures of providing for his family, thought it might be worth the risk to rob a bank.
Cursory research led the young man to believe that all he needed was a gun and a bag for the money.
He procured the gun and bag, and headed for the nearest bank intending to say to the bank teller, "Don't mess with me. This is a stick-up. Give me all your money".
Upon arriving at the bank, the jitters over-took him; He pointed the bag, handed the gun to the teller and said, "Don't stick with me. This is a mess-up".
~Paraphrase from one of Adrian Roger's messages.
