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, August 26, 2015

Solitude puts us in touch with our True Self.



"I have never found a companion who was as companionable as solitude."

Henry David Thoreau




Solitude is an important spiritual practice because it strips away all social images and expectations and makes us face who we are and what we really desire in our innermost being. It may take several days for all of the accumulated societal clutter to dissolve in the healing waters of solitude, but once that happens, we come face to face with our True Self. And that occurrence makes us really and truly happy :)




Photos: (Top) Mountain Gentian and Medicine Bow Peak; (Middle) Green quartzite boulder and Sugarloaf Mountain; These two photos were taken in Wyoming's Snowy Range on August 22-23, 2015; (Bottom) Subalpine Arnica and Notchtop Mountain, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, August 25, 2015

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