Disciplining My Child

One of the hardest part on being a parent is to do disciplining. I want my son to be the best person that he can be and I am scared that I am not helping him to be one. Well,I am trying to do everything that I can for him to be a better person when he grows old. I know that kids can be so naughty sometimes and that I should understand and be so patient with my son but sometimes I really lose my patience,well,my patience can only be stretched that long. Whenever I hit my son,I really feel so guilty afterwards and yeah I only hit him when he really do not listen and it's making me lose my patience. Well,worrying for our children is really part of parenting,right?I just hope and Pray that my son will be a good person and not pasaway when he grows older.Right now,he is being a good boy it's just that sometimes he go on different way like other kids do,I guess it is just part of being a "Kid".