by Bela Johnson | Dec 17, 2025 | nature, Uncategorized
Daily writing promptIs your life today what you pictured a year ago?View all responses After rushing about this morning—muffins for breakfast,water for the Christmas tree,matcha made—I sit.And breathe.And notice. A year ago, I could not have imaginedthe utter calm now...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 16, 2025 | climate change, earth witness, Uncategorized
As I awaken to this atypically gray day,I wonder about too many thingsto sort into neat little packages of script;there is chaos, to be sure—though is it me?Or have these conditions always persisted,unperturbed by human mindsthat never thought to record them? We live...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 14, 2025 | inspiration, sovereignty, Uncategorized
(Inspired by Richard Rohr) There comes a time in every life when our usual strengths no longer carry us—when the mind loses its grip,the heart grows tired of rehearsing old stories,and the body itself whispers, No more. We call these moments crisis, heartbreak,...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
I watched a sunfish die on the dockafter the cats had grabbed it. The boards were sun-bleached, warm beneaththe curling flesh—water close enough for it to sense,but not to reach. I knew then that life was no longer sustainable.And yet I was compelled to observe. For a...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 10, 2025 | authenticity, inner journey, Uncategorized
Humility may be the ultimate—the quiet mastery that arrivesonly after a lifetime of learningwhat strength is not. But to be sure,humility is not humiliation.It is not a breaking,not a shaming,not the collapse of a selfthat tried its best to stay upright. Humiliation...
