Message
Message from the President
Keep “a flexible mind and body”!
The Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Rotary Club is twenty years old. We’d like to express our appreciation to the senior members who founded our club as it is today and also for the cooperation of the 2610 District and other clubs.
By the way, ancient Japanese seem to have thought that the number 20 of 20 years is a meaningful number. For example, it is the total number of human being’s fingers, the Japanese Anthology of Manyoushu and Kokinwakashu has 20 volumes, and the Ise Shrine has been relocated every 20 years. Why has the Ise Shrine been rebuilt every 20 years with enormous amount of materials and effort for over 1,300 years? First, because of the material aging, second technical tradition and generational shift, the last the storage time limit of dried rice and so on. That is an idea of an appreciation for rotation of nature.
Human beings become adults at the age twenty, then we become members of society, are drained from working and forget to live with nature. So after all our mind and body are going to be inflexible. The same is also true for an organization, so we need effort to continue it. I’d like to be a rotarian with “a flexible mind and body” for changing times, considering various important decisions.
A Rotary club is a group of grown-ups with wisdom. We can enlarge our own world, since many members from various occupations gather and talk directly with each other. Furthermore, we can have a natural interest in not only our district but also the larger world throughout our service and gain a natural understanding of both another environment and different culture. I hope to enjoy a happy time with you at such a club throughout the year. Thank you for your cooperation.