by Bela Johnson | Dec 4, 2012 | compassion, healing, peace, personal, poetry, Uncategorized
Sometimes we give all that we can, and it’s not enough. Will never be, unto death. Other times (and this may be a mistake) We do not. Wounded pride, arrogance, hurt, sensitivity; anger, fear, resentment keep us from it. We cannot give what we do not...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 29, 2012 | animals, inspiration, lifestyle, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
As wintertime deepens, one observes nature releasing what she will not require in the cold months ahead. Energy in plants moves inward, growth slows and finally stops. Leaves shed from deciduous trees and some evergreens’ needles turn to yellow. Frogs aestivate...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 20, 2012 | healing, inspiration, personal, philosophy, poetry, Uncategorized
The mirror shatters – a thousand shards, rocking in the wind. Reflect! Reflect!
by Bela Johnson | Nov 13, 2012 | inspiration, lifestyle, nature, philosophy, photography, Uncategorized
As a child in less than ideal circumstances, life was filled with dread and despair. Yet I always felt I had an invisible confidant in a faceless Creator – a sort of tabula rasa onto whom I could project all my love and hate; all the repressed passions I could...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 9, 2012 | happiness, inspiration, lifestyle, nature, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
This old Max Ehrmann poem is as relevant to me today as ever it was: Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and...
