Johnson's parting gift to the class of 1973 comes not from her own words but from the diary of an anonymous woman who traveled across America in the 1870s — by riverboat steamer, wagon train, and the first western railroad. The advice is deceptively simple: pay attention to everything, and multiply the good things by sharing them with those you love. Johnson frames it as the essential instruction for a generation about to live through epochal times. It captures her lifelong philosophy — the woman who championed highway beautification and wildflower preservation understood that noticing the world and sharing what you notice is itself a form of stewardship.