It was an otherwise dull afternoon, when our three-year-old nephew, gazing into an aquarium, asked, “How much longer will the fish bathe? When will they come out?” All the grown-ups in the room looked at one another, smiling at his innocence. But behind the amusement hid a lingering thought: When was the last time we adults asked such weirdly wonderful questions? The answer, felt rather than spoken, made us re-examine everything.