Going camping on Friday, me and the daughter. Checked the bank account yesterday – as things stand we can either buy petrol to get us there or eat while we are there. A rather benign version of the dilemma which must face lots of genuinely poor people every day.
What’s so special about the Greeks? www.lifeofchrist.com/teachings/sermons/mount/
It’s at times like these (but not only at times like these) that I think what an insane system we live under. I’m not talking about capitalism, or even global capitalism – I’m just talking about the whole concept of money. That without money you can’t eat. I’m feeling rather Biblical today, what with the meek inheriting the earth and thinking about th love of money being the root of all evil. bible.cc/1_timothy/6-10.htm
Ebagum Trebor
In ten seconds or less, can you work out of which “world leader” II use the term with heavy irony) this is an anagram? (Did you notice the preposition there, up with which I did not end mysentence?) OK have you got it yet?
Sometimes when I look at the world I think it is not so much money but the love of political power that is the root of all evil. Certainly it seems so when you look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe
Did you work it out yourself? Be honest. Although, let’s face it, Mugabe is way, way beyond a joke.
Waiting for the News are you?
Ok here’s today’s brain teaser – in which popular children’s programme did characters sometimes turn to the camera and say this?
Work it out yourself – don’t Google it! It’s better for your brain.
Off now to do some mantras
Om, I am truly wealthy; Om, I am truly rich… (copyright Swami Madonnananda)
