text: what is the best way to live a happy and prosperous life in this new  modern age???   happiness and prosperity are relative terms and will vary from person to person, so it is better to understand and draw ones own limit as to what will satisy oneself.  the bench-mark should not be equal to somebody elses happiness and prosperity, but it should be what we have defined for ourselves.....there will always be people who are better -off than us.....so aim should be to establish our own reasonable and achieveable limits...and once we arrive there, then live life relaxing and enjoying what we have .