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, December 26, 2012

It is because of our weaknesses and deficiencies that we need others and others need us.


"We all have weaknesses and deficiencies, and these limitations of ours play a most important part in all our lives.  It is because of them that we need others and others need us.  We are not all weak in the same spots, and so we supplement and complete one another, each one making up in himself or herself for the lack in another."

Thomas Merton

Photo:  Live aspen trees intersperse with those that were burned in the Fern Lake Fire; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; December 21, 2012.  The blue glow is caused by late-day light reflecting off blackened trunks.










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