This is not just a waterfront view. It is miles of shimmering water and wide-open sky unfurling before you.

With views like these, you just let nature put on the spectacle.

Let’s start with a question most people have never been asked: What if the goal wasn’t to treat how you feel today, but to protect who you are 20, 30, or 40 years from now?

By the time you read this, we will have already celebrated our country’s 250th birthday. There was so much fanfare surrounding the Fourth of July that it was hard not to feel proud of our nation. The weather was certainly hot enough, and the only real relief seemed to be at the beach.