"A man who keeps company with glaciers comes to feel tolerably insignificiant..."
-Mark Twain
Tolerably insignificant. I love that.
When I discovered this quote I fell in love with it. It describes perfectly what it feels like to be up here in Alaska, surrounded by so much beauty. It applies to much more that just glaciers- A man who keeps company with nature: mountains, lakes, deserts, rivers... comes to feel tolerably insignificant. I believe this is because you realize that you are so small compared to the glory of entire earth. But not necessarily small or insignificant in a bad way... in a tolerable way. You are humbled.
The quote goes on:
"The Alps and the glaciers together are able to take every bit of conceit out of a man and reduce his self-importance to zero if he will only remain within the influence of their sublime presence long enough to give it a fair and reasonable chance to do its work."
I think that Twain is implying that taking notice of God's hand in what is around will truly humble you. It has the potential to "take every bit of conceit out of a man."
This is one of the reasons that I love being up here so much. I am constantly surrounded by nature... even my job brings me in contact with all of God's creations. And it really makes you realize how much bigger the plan is: bigger than me, bigger than my problems, bigger than I can even comprehend.
Its a blessing to be humbled by the beauty around me! Pretty amazing stuff.
Last week I did another glacier walk, that is what the picture is from. This time we traveled about 30 miles on a ferry to part of the Chilcat mountains, where we canoed to a glacier. Definitely one of the best tours I've done so far.
Today I had another day off, and so I hiked to Upper Dewey Lake with Clifton! I used to think that I would hate hiking by myself, but I actually like it. Its very therapeutic.... gives a lot of time to just think and enjoy the beauty around you. The lake was beautiful, and Clifton is the cutest dog ever. I am so glad that Allyson got him.... He makes my hiking trips so much more fun! I'm in love with him.
This is one of the reasons that I love being up here so much. I am constantly surrounded by nature... even my job brings me in contact with all of God's creations. And it really makes you realize how much bigger the plan is: bigger than me, bigger than my problems, bigger than I can even comprehend.
Its a blessing to be humbled by the beauty around me! Pretty amazing stuff.
Last week I did another glacier walk, that is what the picture is from. This time we traveled about 30 miles on a ferry to part of the Chilcat mountains, where we canoed to a glacier. Definitely one of the best tours I've done so far.
Today I had another day off, and so I hiked to Upper Dewey Lake with Clifton! I used to think that I would hate hiking by myself, but I actually like it. Its very therapeutic.... gives a lot of time to just think and enjoy the beauty around you. The lake was beautiful, and Clifton is the cutest dog ever. I am so glad that Allyson got him.... He makes my hiking trips so much more fun! I'm in love with him.
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