by Bela Johnson | Mar 9, 2025 | consciousness, gardening, healing, mindfulness, musings, nature
She finds herself buried in thoughts most days,too many, she thinks, for optimal health; but there arecountless directions, too much information, misinformation,potential consequences, future outcomes over whichshe has little control, so why not simply let it all...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 4, 2023 | consciousness, lifestyle, musings, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
The shimmering of a rising dawn spreads outand over the fields in this snowy mountain valley,and as the light of day emerges anew, I step downand out of bed, finding my feet; there’s a flightof stairs I must descend, and to remainin that foggy post-dream world...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 20, 2023 | consciousness, healing, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Between insanity, foolishness and downrightcrazy talk there are interstices, touch pointsof connection; like the stars in the heavens,they pulse with possibility, and how to helpdetermine what might be key to a morebeautiful connection our brimming heartsknow is...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 12, 2023 | consciousness, family, growing up, human interest, perspective, Uncategorized
I could tell you a version of my lifethat would be intriguing, but would it betrue? In just under seven decades,memories are viewed througha prismatic lens of dazzling colorsor in black and white depending,and I think it has perhaps alwaysbeen thus; To retrieve fodder...
by Bela Johnson | May 17, 2021 | consciousness, lifestyle, nature, personal, Uncategorized
My stomach lurches and rises, fallsinto complacency as I ponder eventsof the morning, neighbors meetingand greeting, my outward self effusivewhilst my insides struggle with parity,and such is this life of introversion; I yearn for the human experience,all of it, and I...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 5, 2020 | community, consciousness, nature, peace, philosophy, Uncategorized
I write, and I start; write and I stop; what can be said in these times? Only that what many consider real out there is simply not my reality. Yet how to explain this so that people don’t feel as though I am being careless or crass? The fact is, I care so much...