by Bela Johnson | Feb 13, 2012 | community, compassion, personal, Uncategorized
Love isn’t just for Valentine’s Day anymore. Or for lovers. It’s not even reserved for family members any longer. And for that, I am grateful. Somehow between my teens and my fifties we have collectively begun to transfigure the concept of love on a global...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 12, 2012 | compassion, healing, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
Typically I eschew today’s news. As far as I’m concerned, good journalism died a long time ago, and the opinionated drivel that clogs the arteries of society is not worth my time and attention. We do however subscribe to a daily paper, just in case there is something...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 26, 2011 | compassion, culture, Hawaii, healing, inspiration, Uncategorized
Huli the bowl! and set myself free – by releasing these stones I can choose to be me. I committed this little ditty to paper shortly after returning home from a Solstice ceremony led by a man of mixed Hawaiian descent. In the interceding years since that event,...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 7, 2011 | compassion, friends, philosophy, psychology
I am a lover of history when it comes to people, a determined sustainer of relationships. I look forward to nurturing and maintaining these dear connections. I love the lines in your face, the liquid sparkle in your eyes when you smile. I love that you do not shift...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 17, 2011 | compassion, nature, psychology, Uncategorized
I know this one – cane spider who has been living in our bathroom for weeks. When first I encountered the species, it was twenty years ago on Moloka’i. My husband was so distressed, this gentle man removed one of his slippers (island vernacular for flip-flops)...
by Bela Johnson | Jul 16, 2011 | compassion, inspiration, nature, Uncategorized
It’s sitting right here on my desk, the unsent letter to the IRS. I thought to write it because, well, they might appreciate an explanation as to why we haven’t paid our taxes and might not yet for awhile. Then I was out riding my bike and found a little...
