L.O.V.E.♥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 who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat and humble and gentle in victoryBuild me a Son whose wisdom will not be where his backbone should be; a son who will know thee and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledgeLead 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 he high; s son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men; who will learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; 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 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 strengthThen I, his father, will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain" ~D.M.
"Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to have woken up, I am alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it, I am going to use all my energies to develop myself. To expand my heart out to others, to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts toward others. I am not going to be angry, or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can" - Dalai Lama