March 2022
“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”
– Socrates
As COVID restrictions start to relax, I think it is important to take this time to self-reflect on these past two years and to begin to appreciate the things that we took for granted pre-COVID. As a service and social club, the pandemic and quarantine left us feeling empty. Sure, there were ways for us to connect and do service virtually, but there’s something about having physical human connection that makes service truly extraordinary. I remember last year, when we had our first in-person meeting, one of our members said that they walked into our meeting room and started tearing up because it had been months since we had seen each other outside of the computer. And when we started inviting our Key Clubs back to our Missouri Project, there was an extra sense of excitement and belonging there. You really don’t know how much something means to you until it’s gone.
~ Aladdin Roque-Dangaran
President of the Kiwanis Club of Pearl Harbor