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, March 27, 2013

To be truly great, we must totally disappear in God.



"The monastic spirit of prayer is the same as that which made Jesus spend whole nights on the mountainside alone with His Father.  It is a spirit of adoration and contemplation which drives the monk to LOSE himself in the beauty and magnificence of the mystery of God . . . Our human notions of what is 'great' and 'big' and 'noble' are all corrupted by egoism.  We find it difficult to realize that one who would be truly great must totally DISAPPEAR."

Thomas Merton

Photo: The cliffs of Thatchtop Mountain glow in last light; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; March 21, 2013






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