During my Spring Break from teaching, I was lucky to have had the chance to visit the Grand Canyon, Arizona, one of the seven “Natural Wonders of the World.”

It is stunning. Beautiful. Inspiring. Terrifying.

Nature has the power to stretch the limits of the imagination. When we witness the unimaginable, we are able to dream bigger and see the world through a new lens of possibility.

Bearing witness to one of the World’s Natural Wonders left me with a new perspective of how small and insignificant I am and how silly my “issues” are.

Meaning only exists inside of my own mind–what I believe to be true, real, possible. I’m only one small, speck on this Earth so I may as well create meaning that actually matters and let go of the shit that doesn’t.

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”

-Albert Einstein

“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” 

-John Muir

“Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.”

-Freya Stark

“If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.” 

-Christopher McCandless

“In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.” 

-Henry David Thoreau

“It’s not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.”

-Jon Krakauer