by Bela Johnson | Sep 5, 2017 | dogs, friendship, love, personal, Uncategorized
The pain of loving intertwined, remembering that which is treasured will be lost, even as ‘forever’ spills from the lips; Gazing now at this precious face, new life paused in eternity long enough to be companions for awhile and it must suffice, though water seeps from...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 24, 2017 | musings, philosophy, self awareness, Uncategorized
The exquisite beauty of youth is lost on the young, ego in overdrive, unseated soul; We’re as deep as what we think we know, but oh! A fragile petal waiting to be plucked; and from that very moment, life begins winking off and on until, settled into its vase, it...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 21, 2017 | family, Uncategorized
I don’t now know what to do with the grief of parental disappointments, how their lives entangled, ensnared, dreams dashed on the shoals of fragile egos glued together by obsession with ‘fifties fantasies and too many children; My mother once told me in the throes of...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 15, 2017 | friendship, love, philosophy, Uncategorized
Whatever she was to you, it was all too brief anyway, touch-ins on social media, much love and all that piffle amounted to nothing more than impulse when you felt generous enough to trumpet your own exuberance; Love is round and full, not merely a word or sentiment to...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 8, 2017 | consciousness, philosophy, success, Uncategorized
Pomposity has its price. Many doubt this when, swelled in the afterglow of achievement, the dominoes fall, one by one; It doesn’t need to be this way, yet it almost always is, hubris topples the bravest among us. Still if we are listening, attentive, a small inner...
