Larry Frazier joined us from Maine, and Marc Glass needed to reiterate some of the club’s rules, namely that he is the one to make the jokes and it is incumbent on the rest of the club to laugh. I do not remember seeing that in our bylaws, but he does insist. He did agree to let the club know beforehand when he was going to say something he considers funny so that we would respond appropriately.
District Governor Marc Glass was running the meeting due to President Bob Buettner being unable to attend. Marc began the meeting by leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance. This was followed by this invocation from Sue Klock:
This week has been a sad reminder of the power and the indiscriminate nature of the novel coronavirus 2019.
While this may lead even the most positive among us to feel powerless and stressed, we Rotarians were able to find uplifting ways to thank our first responders with masks provided by our district leaders.
When experiencing such ups and downs, some advice is to
Call upon the birds.
Call upon the birds because
birds carry messages of our hearts upward.
Call upon them because in the way their
songs begin and end each day, birdsongs express
the invocations and benedictions of earth.
Call upon the birds because they remind us of what we love rather than what we fear.
And ultimately their invocations -- their bird songs --- teach us how to listen.
as Rotarians, we strive to focus on the positive, and are thankful for this day, for its blessings, its opportunities, as well as its challenges. May we appreciate each day that comes to us, LISTEN TO OTHERS, and continue to find opportunities for service.
Well done, Susan.
