We must all nurture our powers of observation. This will give us a sense of gratitude and modesty as we “fight the many battles” in life — undoubtedly, to a positive end.

I teach a art history class at a local high school, and twice during the semester, we go for a walk outside. And these young ladies are all 16, mostly 16 years old, and they re truly shocked by the bugs, the bees, the ants, the architecture, if you will,…