"Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water."
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Hungarian biochemist
"In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his
most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has
become the victim of his indifference."
Rachel Carson
American marine biologist
Whenever I'm hiking or backpacking in the mountains near my home - especially in June during Spring snowmelt - I enjoy making a practice of contemplating the source of the very blood that flows through my veins. This past weekend, for example, I hiked - postholing much of the time - through acres of softening snowfields, slogged through innumerable marshes filled with wildflowers, forded raging streams, and filtered water from pristine subalpine lakes. I savored the fact that much of this water eventually reaches my faucet at home and then nourishes my capacity to think, to feel, to communicate, and to do spiritual practice. This means that all of the beautiful places I love best are flowing right within my body! Perhaps all of us can take some time each day to contemplate the amazing landscapes where our water comes from :)
Photos: (Top) Globeflowers proliferating in a subalpine marsh, Snowy Range, WY; (Middle) Big Creek Falls, Park Range, CO; (Bottom) Medicine Bow Peak and Lake Marie, Snowy Range, CO. These photos were taken on June 19-21, 2015
Rachel Carson
American marine biologist
Whenever I'm hiking or backpacking in the mountains near my home - especially in June during Spring snowmelt - I enjoy making a practice of contemplating the source of the very blood that flows through my veins. This past weekend, for example, I hiked - postholing much of the time - through acres of softening snowfields, slogged through innumerable marshes filled with wildflowers, forded raging streams, and filtered water from pristine subalpine lakes. I savored the fact that much of this water eventually reaches my faucet at home and then nourishes my capacity to think, to feel, to communicate, and to do spiritual practice. This means that all of the beautiful places I love best are flowing right within my body! Perhaps all of us can take some time each day to contemplate the amazing landscapes where our water comes from :)
Photos: (Top) Globeflowers proliferating in a subalpine marsh, Snowy Range, WY; (Middle) Big Creek Falls, Park Range, CO; (Bottom) Medicine Bow Peak and Lake Marie, Snowy Range, CO. These photos were taken on June 19-21, 2015
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