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“ Count your 、 vhen I 、 vas much younger was very pOpular。 many blessings, cOunt them One by one” , it began。 I haven’ t heard it sung fOr sOme tiIne. I aΠ 1alsO re1ninded of a proverb, which I beheve is Spanish in Origin, though it1nay be Chinese∶ “I 、 vas sad because I had no shoes, until I met a traveller whO had nO feet.” ○ne is sO constandy reading in the news¨
paper Of demands for this and demands fOr that, that one 谛onders if people ever stOp tO count their blessings、 This is vhO by Λ not to say that 、 /e shOuld despise the social pioneers 、 their crying Out against the evⅡ s of their tiIne have made the l1vOrld a better place in`、 vhich tO live,nOr is tO say that there vhich are nOt still 、 vrOngs 玑⒎ hich need redressing nOr evⅡ s 、 need redressing nOr evⅡ s 、 vhich shOuld be put right。 But oldˉ fashiOned as it may be, it is a salutary exercise to remember the good things 、 ve have and to give thanks for them,
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G⒒ well Camp site recently,The trees which desp⒒ e the high winds of the winter are su⒒ grOwing,the jeep track,the dam acrOss the strean1,the levelled sites,are all signs that、 ve have not been inactive, and On a clear day it is really a splendid vas nOt clear but enshrouded in n1ist site. UnfOrtunately it 、 ras there, but this in no ・ 1vay dampened the the last tiIue I `1丙 ˇ 1vere enthusiasm Of the members of the training teanl, who ・ oOd Badge course, nOr of veekˉ ends on this `1厂 spending five 、 hO sang most cheerful1y as they the members of the course Ⅵ厂 Γ 、 ent moved frOm one difficuIt exercise tO another and who 、 vork Ⅵ注th such energy that One had no fears for about their 飞 Γ 、 e the future Of sCouting if these Ⅵ'ere the kind Of leaders 、 froΠ l the Colony had,I have had a number Of letters recendy∶ Chief ScOut,frOm the COmmissiOner Of POl妃 e, f1・ Om several