This is a moral and inspiring letter of thought from Abraham Lincoln of blessed memory, who was the 16th President of the United States, and I believed you all know about him, I also feel immensely happy when I speak about him and I consider it a tribute to talk about him because of the unique acts and the profound activities he has performed throughout his life. I am very optimistic and I believe you all will find this letter more interesting and informative as stated below:
- My son starts school today. It is all
going to be strange and new to him
for a while and I wish you would treat
him gently. It is an adventure that might take him across continents. All adventures that probably include wars, tragedy and sorrow. To live this life, it require faith, love and courage.
So dear Teacher, will you please take him by his hand and teach him things he will have to know, teaching him but gently, if you can.
Teach him that for every enemy, there is a friend. He will have to know that all men are not just, that all men are not true.
Teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero, that for every crooked politician, there is a dedicated leader.
Teach him if you can, that 10 cents earned is of far more value than a dollar found.
Teach him in school that, it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat.
Teach him to learn how to gracefully lose, and enjoy winning when he does win.
Teach him to be gentle with people, tough with tough people.
Steer him away from envy if you can and teach him the secret of quiet laughter.
Teach him if you can how to laugh when he is sad, teach him there is no shame in tears.
Teach him there can be glory in failure and despair in success.
Teach him if you can the wonders of books, but also give time to ponder the extreme mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a green hill.
Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if every one tell him they are wrong.
Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone else is doing it.
Teach him to listen to every one, but teach him also to filter all that he hears on a screen of truth and take only the good that comes through.
Teach him to sell his talents and brains to the highest bidder but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul.
Teach him to always have the courage to be patient, let him have the patient to be brave.
Teach him to have sublime faith in himself, because then he will always have sublime faith in mankind, in God.
This is the order, teacher but see what best you can do. He is such a nice little boy and he is my son.
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