by Bela Johnson | Jan 17, 2013 | community, lifestyle, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
None of us is any more special than another. No matter what we think of ourselves. We’d all do well to remember this, right down to our bones. Death is the great leveler, as is physical nakedness. If we all kept death in our sights while thoroughly embracing...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 15, 2013 | personal, philosophy, random thoughts, science, Uncategorized, writing
As a writer, it seems I’ve come to this strange juncture of late, where words are beside the point. It’s not writers’ block, because I could always write about anything under the sun. It’s more like a space in time where I find I’m fatigued by the effort of using...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 10, 2013 | freedom, friends, lifestyle, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
If you knew me when I was young, you never would have imagined me as the solitary sort. I was always with friends, either surrounded by people or animals or any sort of distraction. Yet I never fully trusted anyone, for I was raised to keep secrets. And keep them I...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 8, 2013 | animals, happiness, nature, philosophy, poetry, Uncategorized
Strange fruit – shape and husks like the mottled purple-white breasts of small dying birds, scattered on asphalt. Running together, life and death in the avenue. That we choose one over the other – fight like cancer to linger in this place – affirms...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 27, 2012 | culture, happiness, personal, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
I strive to be happy. Honest, I do. But sometimes I have to ask myself completely and without guile, Is it happiness itself I seek? Or is it the process of striving that captivates me – the push/pull between satisfaction and all that fails to match expectations...
