Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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Public sector pensions: affordable and sustainable
The pensions of public sector workers have come under intense scrutiny in recent months, with ministers and the media describing them as ‘gold-plated’ and ‘unaffordable’. Currently public sector workers are being told they must pay more and work longer for a lower pension – but is this necessary?
Last year [...]
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A booklet entitled ‘Fair Pensions for All‘ has been produced by PCS, the general union Unite, the National Union of Teachers (NUT), the University and College Union (UCU) and the National Pensioners’ Convention (NPC). It looks at both private and public sector pensions and reveals a different point of view than the one [...]
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My contribution for BlogBlast for Peace 2011:
Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth;
Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust;
Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace;
Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe.
Satish Kumar
To find out more, visit the the Peace Globe gallery.
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If the only prayer you say in your entire life is – ‘thank you’ – that is enough.
Meister Eckhart (1260 – 1328)
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Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.
King Solomon (Circa 10th century BC)
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Taking the first footstep with a good thought, the second with a good word, and the third with a good deed, I entered Paradise.
Book of the Arda Viraf (Circa 6th century)
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Over at Vision and Verb I invite you to sit and rest a while with me.
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