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.

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Christmas means the continual birth of Christ's vision in our lives.

Christmas means something different to each of us. For me, the most important aspect of Christ's birth in my life is a continually renewed ability to gaze - not so much at HIM - but to unite with him and to look AT THE WORLD through his eyes. And for me, that means being able to embrace all beings, allowing them to dissolve into Oneness  in that atmosphere of calm, radiant love that I experience as the very core of Christ's divinity.

Photo: Long's Peak and Ponderosa Pines in the snow; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; November 22, 2013

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