Let us work out in the rain, sun, mud, clay and wind; for these are our spiritual directors and our novice-masters.

 

"How necessary it is for contemplatives to work in the fields, in the rain, in the sun, in the mud, in the clay, in the wind: these are our spiritual directors and our novice-masters.  They form our contemplation.  They instill us with virtue.  They make us as stable as the land we live in."

Thomas Merton

Photo: Crystal at Reservoir Ridge Natural Area, CO, February 25, 2012