I learnt yesterday that PG Tips has spent £50m and two years developing a new blend of tea, in a teabag that infuses in just 60 seconds. PG Tips boss Liam McNamara says:
‘We’re investing a record £50m to keep up with the changing tastes of today’s tea drinkers. Our new blend means consumers can expect a quicker infusion and a brighter, smoother, more consistent cup of tea that is full of flavour every single time, even for the nation’s impatient tea drinkers.’
At The Seagull Theatre yesterday we were talking about our community activities: ‘Squawk’ – the music and dance group for adults with learning disabilities, ‘Thursday Sing-a-long’ for people living with dementia…
…We discussed what we are doing… needs in the community… local folks with special educational needs and disabilities… extending what we’re doing… how much it will cost… grants we’re applying for to enable it to happen…
Musing on money… and on 4 songs….
Liza Minnelli in ‘Cabaret’ reminds us ‘Money makes the world go round…’ whether it is in the daily necessities or the pleasures of life, the help and support of those in need…
This morning I read of Peter, John and the lame man. The man begs for money. Peter says that they haven’t got any money, but heals him ‘In the name of Jesus Christ’. I remember the old children’s song…
Money may make the word go round, but money couldn’t buy the health and happiness of the beggar… the Beatles sung ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’.
So without money? Nina Simone sings: ‘I ain’t got no home, ain’t got no shoes, ain’t got no money, ain’t got no class… ‘
…Got my hair, got my head, got my brains, got my ears, got my eyes, got my nose, got my mouth, I got my smile… I’ve got my freedom, I’ve got life.’
Today… I’m grateful for the good things that money can buy; I’m more grateful for the good things that money can’t buy.
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Oh, yes! We do need money for some necessities but there are greater things that money can’t buy. There’s always something to be grateful for that doesn’t need money. 😊 I love this post, Sir.
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Thanks, Adel. It seems to me that it’s about getting the balance right wherever we find ourselves on the financial-comfort spectrum
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This was an interesting musical repertoire about money. The children acting out scripture were so engaging to watch! Thanks, Malcolm. 🙂
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It seemed to me that each of the four songs has something to say… and If we overlay them with a personal faith perspective then they gain a different dimension.
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I remember an interview of an extremely wealthy 80 year old that still brought his lunch to work in the office. When asked why he still worked and why did he want to make even more money he answered this way in his old raspy voice “I would starve on a million a week”
Being I am an extremely intangible driven person, I have never really understood that drive to make more than “needed”, which I know is a perception t.hat varies a lot
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I’m with you, Gary. I don’t understand those whose sole driver is just to make more money…
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