This month’s column results from my wife, Carole, asking me to “watch this.” This was a short video on her computer showing two young children brilliantly and inspirationally singing, “You Raise Me Up.” I was dumbstruck. Their song immediately took me to many places. I was reminded of the wisdom of the saying that children lead the way. And that art leads the way.

The video’s sponsors, LittleThings.com, noticed the amazing talent of these two children, their stage presence, and the synergy that frequently occurs when one plus one makes much more than two. Check out the video. Where does it take you?

Another document that Carole shared with me, by the philosopher Ervin Laszlo, took me to the divisions and boundaries we put up among ourselves that make us feel lonely and victimized. Those frequently artificial walls also drive competition when it’s not helpful, and incline us to think of some, maybe many, other people as unworthy of our care.

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