The following has been provided by PP Ken Rook....
The following article is from our Scribe when I was
President in 1991-1992.
“Have faith and believe that belief is believable anyway,
So, believe in belief for belief is believing and believing is here to stay.”
This is an extract from the Gypsy’s song in last year’s (1991) Scout Gang
Show’s version of Jack and the Bean Stork. The song was written by my
son Teague, and after reading it a few times and untangling my tongue, I
became quite intrigued by what it has to say.
The basic aim of the Gypsy was to con Jack into swapping his valuable
cow for a supposedly worthless magic bean. As you are aware Jack
believed in the bean and the magic came true. As with all good fairy
tales Jack lived happily ever after.
Rotary is not a fairy tale, but in some ways we there is a little magic in
what we do. Rotary projects worldwide are bringing relief and happiness
to people in many ways, to those people it must seem like Rotary is
performing magic.
We can bring a variety of benefits to others by performing a little magic,
and all we need to be able to do so, is the ability to believe. We must
believe in the Ideals of Rotary, believe in the support and abilities of our
fellow Rotarians, and importantly believe in ourselves……………
I went on to talk about preparing for the next Rotary year.
I believe that now, with the current world health and economic crisis, faith
and belief are more important than ever. We as a Rotary Club and
indeed as Rotarians, will have a valuable role to play when the crisis is
over. Just what we can do and how we can do it nobody can know at
present, but opportunities will arise, and we need to be there to respond.
“If we believe, we will achieve.”
PP Ken Rook.
“Have faith and believe that belief is believable anyway,
So, believe in belief for belief is believing and believing is here to stay.”
This is an extract from the Gypsy’s song in last year’s (1991) Scout Gang
Show’s version of Jack and the Bean Stork. The song was written by my
son Teague, and after reading it a few times and untangling my tongue, I
became quite intrigued by what it has to say.
The basic aim of the Gypsy was to con Jack into swapping his valuable
cow for a supposedly worthless magic bean. As you are aware Jack
believed in the bean and the magic came true. As with all good fairy
tales Jack lived happily ever after.
Rotary is not a fairy tale, but in some ways we there is a little magic in
what we do. Rotary projects worldwide are bringing relief and happiness
to people in many ways, to those people it must seem like Rotary is
performing magic.
We can bring a variety of benefits to others by performing a little magic,
and all we need to be able to do so, is the ability to believe. We must
believe in the Ideals of Rotary, believe in the support and abilities of our
fellow Rotarians, and importantly believe in ourselves……………
I went on to talk about preparing for the next Rotary year.
I believe that now, with the current world health and economic crisis, faith
and belief are more important than ever. We as a Rotary Club and
indeed as Rotarians, will have a valuable role to play when the crisis is
over. Just what we can do and how we can do it nobody can know at
present, but opportunities will arise, and we need to be there to respond.
“If we believe, we will achieve.”
PP Ken Rook.