There is nothing more inspiring than seeing a spider working her web, her craft, many times a day, with such perfection and careful patience.

In nature we can learn life's most important lessons.

Be thankful for what you have and the people who love you. You can never tell when they'll all be taken away from you. Be prepared, express your love to them often, live and leave with no regrets.

From mothers come the first steps of a child, and the ideals that will shape a hero. So important is the role of mothers in our society, yet they are so unappreciated.

The spider's web: She finds an innocuous corner in which to spin her web. The longer the web takes, the more fabulous its construction. She has no need to chase. She sits quietly, her patience a consummate force; she waits for her prey to come to her on their own, and then she ensnares them, injects them with venom, rendering them unable to escape. Spiders – so needed and yet so misunderstood.

Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.