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, December 31, 2012

If you wish to heal your own suffering, seek to heal the suffering of another.


"If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.  If you wish to know that you are safe, cause another to know they are safe.  If you wish to understand seemingly incomprehensible things, help another to understand.  If you wish to heal your own sadness or anger, seek to heal the sadness or anger of another."

The Dalai Lama

Like these fire-roasted aspen trees, we are all injured in some way.  However, like the roots of these aspens, we are all interconnected.  When we help another in their suffering, our own suffering is lessened. For we are all one.

Photo: Fern Lake Burn, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO December 29, 2012







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