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said, “We have the ability to achieve, if we master the necessary goodwill, a common global society blessed with a shared culture of peace that is nourished by the ethnic, national, and local diversities that enrich our lives.” We are no longer small, residential communities. Our community is the world. We are here today, in this place — a community of more than 500 districts, as diverse a group as we could ever imagine — and we will walk out of here with friends from places we hardly knew anything about. We are the world! We cannot replace hate and fear with apathy toward others at whom we smile and whom we do not hesitate to serve but will not walk alongside. Service engenders pride, and why should we deny those opportunities to others, even as we need their help with the vast amount of work to be done? We can also help them to help themselves by encouraging them to fish along with us. Michael Jackson sang, “Make a little space, make a better place, heal the world.” Peace is our goal — let’s start within our hearts. We are the world! International Assembly Speeches 2013 7
Who Touched You? Richard D. King Past RI President Mr. President, Mr. President-elect, my colleagues in service: We have come here today from the corners of the globe to learn more about Rotary and more about how to be a successful district governor. Now, it may seem to you, after being here for a few days, that one of your biggest jobs this coming year will be to eat a lot of food! Your clubs will feed you morning, noon, and night as you visit them and their activities in your district. When I was nearing the end of my term as governor, my wife saw me coming out of the shower one morning and said, “Well, I can see that you’ve had every free meal they’ve offered you this year!” My wife is a dancer. I met her in my Las Vegas revue. Her academic degrees are in finance and business, but her great love and professional career have been performing as a dancer and choreographer, and she has performed with many of the great names in Hollywood. She is physically fit. She does aerobics every day — I think she weighs the same as when she was born — I mean dancing. I saw her walk across the stage one day in her costume, and I thought to myself, “Now there goes a girl who ought to be married to a Rotarian!” So I took her away from the dull show business life and gave her the thrill of following me around the world listening to my speeches! Anyway, I was standing there, dripping wet, coming out of the shower with a towel around me that wouldn’t reach. And by the look on her face, I could tell we were going to have a conversation I would not enjoy. We did, and I didn’t. She said, “Why don’t you get physically fit?” Then she went to the store and bought a little trampoline and put it in the corner of our bedroom — right underneath the Rotary wheel over the bed. I asked her what in the world it was — it looked like a little spaceship from Mars — and she replied, “Now Rick, you jump up and down on this every morning, and you will get in shape.” I couldn’t think of anything else I’d rather do less, but I thought, “What the heck; I love my wife, I’ll jump!” (Because I’m not as dumb as I look!) I hated every minute of it, but on the third day, I got so interested in what was on television, I came down on the edge of the trampoline instead of in the middle of it and broke my leg. I was so happy this happened after only three days, and I could throw the trampoline away. I wore a cast on my leg, and just to show you how the clubs in my district loved and respected their district governor, I received get-well cards from club presidents all over the district. I could sum up their sentiment by showing you this one card from a club president. He took the time out of his very busy year to write a personal get-well message on the inside. “Dear Governor Rick: We want you to know that the Rotary Club of San Lorenzo, California, by a vote of 17-15, hopes you recover!” (Which I thought was a landslide, considering that club.) Then he wrote a touching P.S.: “We were going to send flowers, but that lost 5-27.” I know you too can look forward to being as much loved and respected as I was. As a matter of fact, if you have been in Rotary for a number of years, you probably cannot tell me the name of your district governor when you joined Rotary. Most of us here today probably don’t remember the name of the club president when we joined. But all of us remember the name of the person who invited us to become a Rotarian — that individual who touched us and changed our lives. And who touched you? Who started you on the journey that brings you here today? 8 International Assembly Speeches 2013
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