When I was a youngster I tried for weeks to make the cool hand gesture that Spock flashes with this iconic blessing, but I never paused to contemplate the depth of its meaning.

I was musing about the true meaning of prosperity recently. What does prosperity mean to you? Is it about money? Possessions? Power? I think that for too long prosperity’s meaning has been eclipsed by cultural bias towards wealth and profitability. True prosperity includes other issues related to quality of life.

The Legatum Institute offers a Personal Prosperiscope tool that uses a brief survey and draws on years of academic research to help you quantify your personal prosperity and compare it with others. Using this tool might help you expand your perceptions and adjust your personal goals in the pursuit of happiness.

Our personal satisfaction is linked to our relationships and priorities at home, at work and with society. One of the great things about social networking technology is its ability to weave the threads of these relationships into a more beautiful fabric.

Nurse Barb Dehn talks about life balance in her recent blog and wonders if it is just an illusion.  Interesting question, and I think it all depends on your perspective.

Roger Farnsworth