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.

Monday, June 4, 2012

True spirituality is rare, and therefore quite valuable.

True spirituality involves an ability to be exquisitely aware of one's motivations, presuppositions, biases, personality traits, and the filter through which one looks at life, AND the capacity to transcend those qualities by allowing them to become transparent to a larger, more spacious Divine self.  This combination is quite rare, which makes it all the more valuable when we encounter it in a living human being.

Photo: Purple Lady's Slipper, a very rare and endangered orchid; Wild Basin, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; June 1, 2012

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