Word for the Day: Saturday, March 6, 2010

The Word for Today is Prosperity.

Who is prosperous these days? Really? There's "paper prosperity", where it "seems" that a stock or home will "go way up". But does that sort of prosperity pay the bills?

The Earth itself is generous. Trees often have fruit, some of which can even fall on you [ouch? Yes, at times]. That fruit can be tasty and nutritious, or bitter and dangerous.

Once again, the question, What does prosperity really mean? If you thought you were prosperous, because of some stock options or some such, but then, the company itself folded, where are you now? If somebody told you, "pssst... if you vote NO on that healthcare bill, I can make you prosperous", would you vote your consciounce? Or your pocket book? I think the Republicans have pretty much made it rather clear where they stand on that issue.

So where do we get prosperity? Money doesn't grow on trees, but fruit does.

Take Iceland, for example. I guess that the People of Iceland don't feel so prosperous, when they can't get any money out of their ATM machines.

So what?