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!

If you'd like to purchase photo-quote greeting cards, please go to www.NaturePhoto-QuoteCards.com .


In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

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

Thursday, October 20, 2011

A Friend Kindly Blows Away Our Untransformed Words


"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thought nor measure words.  But pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away."

Shoshone saying

Photo:  Two aspen trees, Oh-Be-Joyful Pass Trail, near Crested Butte, CO, October 1, 2011

No comments:

Post a Comment