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THANK YOU

May I express my sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to my splendid gift of over £200 to mark my retirement as church treasurer after completing ten years in that post. It was good to see so many friends at the presentation at the A.P.C.M. Jackie joins me in giving thanks - she was delighted with her lovely flowers.
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I'm not talking politics when I say "It's a wonderful world". As I write this, there is a general state of euphoria: following a royal wedding, Norwich City soundly beating Manchester United, local lad Jon Thaxton becoming a boxing world champion ...................................... and the restoration of my web site! It's no secret that I am an optimist, seeing a glass as half full, rather than half empty. Despite the bad news we hear too often, remember anther song title: "Always look on the bright side of life".
The next meeting of the Norwich & District Branch of Diabetes UK will be held @ 7.30 pm on Monday, May 23rd at the Vauxhall Centre, Norwich. Note the new venue. Raffle & refreshments - friends welcome. There will be an illustrated talk by Carrie Gray, “Walking for Health“. For further information, please contact Maggie Flatman, chairman, on 01603 783091.
Here are some quotations which I think appropriate for the above theme; I hope you do as well.
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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde
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"Disappointment is simply a dream that doesn’t want to become a reality." - Richard Wilkins
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"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip." - Daniel L. Reardon
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"The difference between a good day and a bad day on most days is your attitude!" - Dennis Gaskill
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"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way - Author Unknown
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Best wishes - be happy

JUNE 2005

I'm still reeling with grateful pleasure at the totally unexpected gift received at the APCM. There have been favourable comments on the photo in last month's magazine - I'd be pleased to adopt a suggestion that I autograph readers' copies in return for donations to the Organ Fund!
An early warning - after many years as a loyal distributor, Mrs Bingham will finish in that post next year. We are grateful to her for her service but will have to find replacement/s for a round which comprises 4 copies in South Hill Close and 4 in Acacia Road.
This month's gathering of the Norwich branch of Diabetes UK will take the form of a walk on Monday, June 20th at 7 pm from the "Adam & Eve" public house in Bishopsgate, Norwich, followed by a barbecue.
I'll finish with some more quotations to ponder on - I do!

Thank you.
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"In relation to others, gratitude is good manners; in relation to ourselves, it is a habit of the heart and a spiritual discipline." -Daphne Rose Kingma
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"Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone." - Gladys Berthe Stern
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"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
- William Arthur Ward
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"It's OK to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation." - Helen Keller
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"Opening one's heart can be accomplished either surgically or spiritually." - Author Unknown