Welcome! I am a contemplative thinker and photographer from Colorado. In this blog, you'll discover photographs that I've taken on my hiking and backpacking trips, mostly in the American West. I've paired these with my favorite inspirational and philosophical quotes - literary passages that emphasize the innate spirituality of the natural world. I hope you enjoy them!
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In the Spirit of Wildness,Stephen HatchFort Collins, ColoradoP.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.
Can receiving scant nurture for our vocation from others make us appear more ruggedly beautiful?
This
tree may be growing in a difficult place - within a mere crack in a
boulder that holds little soil or water - but this very difficulty makes
it appear more ruggedly beautiful than the trees thriving under better
conditions nearby. I wonder if we can draw a parallel with our own
lives? Perhaps we find ourselves called to a vocation that receives
very little nurture from others. Maybe very few follow our line of
thinking or believe they need what we have to offer. Therefore, our
career grows slowly and causes us to feel like we are living on the
edge. But eventually, this hardship produces in us a ruggedly beautiful
character - like that of this slow-growing tree - that cannot fail to
attract the attention of others. That, at least, is my hope :)
Photo: Lodgepole Pine growing at Vedauwoo Recreation Area, Medicine Bow National Forest, WY; September 14, 2013
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