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.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

You Can't Have Both Joy and Power

 

"You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Photo: Sunset just outside my door, Fort Collins, CO, January 5, 2012.  If  joy and power do occur together, the transformed person really doesn't care about the power, or care to make an identity out of it.  Instead, they focus on spreading joy.

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