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2014年07月

 

2014-15 國際扶輪社長 七月份 文告

 

親愛的扶輪社友們:

 
  我發現扶輪反映出許多中國傳統的價值觀:服務及責任的價值觀,對家人和他人的尊重。有時候我會說孔子是全世界第一個扶輪社員,因為即使他在扶輪創立的2,500 年前便已過世,他的理念卻與扶輪非常近似。他曾說過的一句話是:與其抱怨,不如改變。

 

  用英文的表達方式來說,就是「與其坐著詛咒黑暗,不如點亮一根蠟燭」。

 
  我認為那句話可以總結我們扶輪面對世界問題的方式。這世界困難重重,有這麼多人需要協助,許多人看到這樣便說:「我做不了什麼。」所以他們什麼都不做──因此什麼也沒有改變。
  可是這不是扶輪的行事方式。扶輪的方式就是點亮蠟燭,我點亮一根蠟燭,你點亮一根蠟燭,其他120 萬名扶輪社員也是一樣。齊心齊力,我們能做到的會比各自做的多很多。齊心齊力,我們可以照亮世界。
  在2014-15 年度,我要求你們每一個人都點亮你自己的扶輪蠟燭──讓我們一起光耀扶輪。
  要光耀扶輪有許多方法。我希望你們許多人選擇主辦一個「扶輪日」,向你的社區展現扶輪及扶輪所做的事。我希望你們讓扶輪青年服務團及扶輪少年服務團參與你們的服務,引進扶輪家庭的新世代成為扶輪社員。我希望各位邀請新社員加入扶輪──包括自己的配偶及家人──讓扶輪保持強大。
  要光耀扶輪,或許我們所能做最重要的事情就是完成我們超過四分之一世紀以來所做的事:根除小兒痲痹。我們離目標已經這麼靠近,可是我們要抵達目標,就必須繼續奮鬥,維持動力,填補小兒痲痹終場計畫的資金缺口。
  光耀扶輪是我們今年度的主題,可是它不只是主題而已。它是我們扶輪看世界的方式,我們在其中所扮演的角色。我們相信不應該有人在黑暗中獨坐。相反地,我們可以一起站出來,我們全體120 萬扶輪社員,一起光耀扶輪。這是我們的目標──也是我向各位提出的挑戰。

2014-15 年度國際扶輪社長

2014-15 RI  President’s  Message  in  July  2014

 

DEAR FELLOW ROTARIANS,   

 
 I find many traditional Chinese values reflected in Rotary: values of service and responsibility, of respect for family and for others. Sometimes I call Confucius the world’s first Rotarian, because even though he died 2,500 years before Rotary was founded, his ideas are very much Rotary ideas. And one of the things he said was: 與其抱怨,不如改變。

 
  In English, you say,  “It is better to light a single candle than to sit and curse the darkness.”  
 
  I think that one line sums up the way we in Rotary approach the problems of the world. There is so much difficulty. There are so many people who need help. Many people look at this and say,  “There is nothing I can do.” So they do nothing – and nothing changes.
  But this is not the Rotary way. The Rotary way is to light a candle. I light one candle, you light one candle – and so do 1.2 million other Rotarians. Together, we can do so much more than we could ever do alone. Together, we can light up the world.

  In 2014-15, I am asking each of you to light your own Rotary candle – and Light Up Rotary together.

  There are so many ways to Light Up Rotary. I hope many of you will choose to host a Rotary Day, to show your community what Rotary is and what we do. I hope you will involve your Rotaract and Interact clubs in your service, to bring the new generation of the Rotary family closer to Rotary membership. And I hope you will keep Rotary strong by inviting new members into Rotary – including your own spouses and family.
  Perhaps the most important thing we can do to Light Up Rotary is to finish the job we’ve been working on for more than a quarter of a century: the eradication of polio. We are so close to our goal. But we will get there only if we keep up the fight, keep up the momentum, and close the funding gap for the polio endgame plan.
  Light Up Rotary is our theme for this year, but it is more than just a theme. It is how we in Rotary see the world and our role in it. We believe that no one should sit alone in the darkness. Instead, we can come together, all 1.2 million of us, to Light Up Rotary. This is our goal – and my challenge to you.

Gary C.K. Huang President, Rotary

International, 2014-15

 

RI社長文告下載: 

RI社長文告-2014年07月-中文

RI社長文告-2014年07月-英文

   
 


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