It is truly something grand, indeed! But its tremendous depths, splendid colors, and vast expanses did not excite my wonder as I would have expected of them. Instead I found myself content in humble solemnity... I think that an individual’s condescension in the face of a beautiful creation stems from his inability to fully appreciate its creator. But all the same, its beauty was overwhelming and my time spend in its presence was enough to insist another return in the immediate future. And though our time spent there was brief and rushed, I have consoled myself in the fact that all the time in creation wouldn’t suffice for the degree of contemplation that the Grand Canyon insights within me.
D Faust
Beautifully said!
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