Invocation: Jeff Chandler
Flag Salute: Jim Damian
This Day in History:
Evard Munch's $120 million painting titled "
The Scream" was stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo. The thieves left a note reading "Thanks for the poor security".
Keith Richards wrote the hook for "Satisfaction" in his sleep and recorded a rough version of the riff on a cassette player. He had no idea he had written or recorded it. He said when he listened to the recording in the morning, there was about two minutes of acoustic guitar before you could hear him drop the pick and "then me snoring for the next forty minutes".
Good News & Annoncements
Give Big Bakersfield increased their donations to record proportions with a 75% increase! All in all $738,508 dollars were donated to 125 different charities. Congratulations Kristen!
Mary announced that this month you will not be invoiced for April, however
future invoices will be sent via
email unless you let Mary know and she can mail it to you via USPS. Contact Mary at
staff@bakersfield-rotary.com
Eddie Paine is going the have a new baby granddaughter in September.
Congratulations to Jason Cater, he's going to be a daddy!
This week, Ken Keller was featured in the Getting Down to Business segment.
Program
Jim Damian introduced our guest speaker for today. David Riess. Riess is an associate professor of sociology at BC and former therapist. His topic was "Surviving the Pandemic".
He offered some insights and thoughts on dealing with fear and uncertainty. To do so, you need to generate empathy and gratitude.
This is also a good time to forge a new identity. "Who are you in the midst of this crisis?" Define what you want to be, then pursue it.
You can't control the outcome of this crisis, so detach yourself from the outcome and do the best you can daily.
Being confused means that you have an opportunity to learn something new.
Our brains are programmed to look for things to fear. A lot of times we fear the unknown, as with this pandemic, we fear not knowing the future. So, rather than dwell on the unknown, dwell on the positive things you do know. "I have my health. I love my wife. I still have a job. The AC works. I have toilet paper."
Acknowledging the positive things we are sure of, helps to keep the brain focused on what we know, rather than on the things we fear.
Or something like that.
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