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, July 1, 2014

The self is composed of four parts


"The Self is comprised of four parts: the Mental, the Physical, the Spiritual, and the Emotional. All four parts are connected to each other. How we take care of these four parts of our self is projected to the world around us by nature . . . When a person takes care of all four parts of her self, this creates balance within the self. This inner balance is then projected by nature to the world outside of the self, and this enables the person to be in balance with the world around her."

Joseph Marshall III,
Lakota author


Photo: Four bull elk with Long's Peak in the background; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; June 30, 2014

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