by Bela Johnson | Feb 26, 2013 | animals, lifestyle, philosophy, science, Uncategorized
I wish more of us sought to understand what we fear, instead of seeking to eliminate the causes of our distress. I’ve lived long enough to know that if we remove our triggers, new ones will invariably appear. It’s like those little pop-up figures in a shooting...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 21, 2013 | lifestyle, musings, philosophy, poetry, Uncategorized
From time to time I glimpse, as sun through the clouds, the nature of reality. As it might be. Thoughts are habit, that’s all. Like opium, they are addictive. Should you doubt the similarity, try spending the night alone without them....
by Bela Johnson | Feb 19, 2013 | competition, lifestyle, musings, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
Growing up in a large family, competition was fierce. I learned how to aspire; often succeeding, especially when it came to academia in which I excelled. And although I didn’t grow up having to mandatorily don a skirt or restrict myself to half-court basketball like...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 13, 2013 | compassion, happiness, inspiration, love, Uncategorized
I haven’t written a rhyming poem since I was a child! Sitting on my back lanai watching a painted gecko dipping into my spent teacup on a blissful, sunny Hawaiian winter day, I thought, ‘Why not have some fun?’ And so I offer up this little ditty....
by Bela Johnson | Feb 11, 2013 | love, personal, poetry, relationships, Uncategorized
I’ve been accused of this. All woman, emotions flailing, Body humming along – Waves thundering to shore, Grounding themselves on something solid, like you. Where do we meet? You, so controlled and even, like rows of perfect teeth or...
