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 Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Friday, November 14, 2014

The real miracle is not to walk on water, but to walk on earth!

"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child - our own two eyes. All is a miracle."

Thich Nhat Hanh,
Vietnamese Zen teacher





Photos: (Top) Sunset over the High Park Burn, from Bellvue, CO, November 13, 2014; (Middle) Golden Cottonwood tree in the snow, near Bellvue, CO, November 12, 2014; (Bottom) Patterned snow, Rabbitbrush, Watson Lake, and Bellvue Dome, Bellvue, CO, November 12, 2014





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