Calm Photos

One of the many paradoxes in life is the apparent, constant struggle to find that one place of peace that we all strive for.

Everywhere we turn we are confronted with so much fear, doubt, worry.

All of us need that special place to return to when life becomes one big pile-on.

For me, it seems as if the closer I get to being in that place of peace, the mountainside becomes steeper and the fear of falling far greater. What I must keep in my mind and in my heart is that it is those times when I’m about to reach a point on that mountain where there is a clarity of vision and a strength of confidence not previously attainable.

Fortunately for all of us we were given a gift long ago that returns time and again to provide strength to reach and keep climbing, a strength from love that is forgiveness.

A Visual Celebration of Spring 2008 in Ohio by Jim Crotty

Woodland Cemetery in Dayton is much more well known, with many local notables buried there, including the Wright Brothers and Paul Lawrence Dunbar. But I often prefer visiting and photographing the older section of nearby Calvary Cemetery, especially during spring.

. . . lies a better place.

One of warmth, peace and love.

For Emma and Chloe

April evening along the trail to Old Man’s Cave, Hocking Hills, Ohio