by Bela Johnson | Nov 15, 2025 | acceptance, consciousness, forgiveness, healing, Uncategorized
There has never been a dayI felt fully up to the task of being alive.Enough feels like a mirage—shimmering, almost within reach—then gone,the moment I think I’ve grasped its edge. First there was the Church,then the long descent into depth psychology,arriving on the...
by Bela Johnson | May 12, 2024 | awakening, forgiveness, human interest, inspiration, Uncategorized
Dull and sleeping until the next eventis the general state of humanity, how forgetfulwe all can be, the heaviness of conditioning,the arc of forgetfulness leading us to believethis to be all, the summation of eons of time,muted down into a sliver of thin bright souls;...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 7, 2022 | equality, forgiveness, freedom, people, perspective, Uncategorized
Stepping into that ladies parlor made me shiver,reminded me of a rich friend’s house, her mother’sshell pink bedroom with attached bath, gold gilded pinktufted velvet chair she sat on to apply considerable amountsof makeup and tease her platinum bleached...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 17, 2022 | forgiveness, growing up, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Are we really meant to impose shame,humiliation, mortification upon ourselvesand others in this life? Is this really thehigher road our spirits wish us to take;in other words, is this the desire in the mindof the creator of stars, of galaxies,of worlds too vast for...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 17, 2022 | forgiveness, musings, nature, personal, Uncategorized
Where on earth do I belong?I have taken up space on this orbfor nearly seventy years, manyof these spent in utter confusion,lost to myself, leaving many others to wonder, who is this being?As if I, myself held the answers,aware of my motivations, I did not; And I get...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 8, 2022 | forgiveness, healing, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
The heart is a lonely hunter, soaringhigh above, taking the long view,eyes ever sharp, focused on the objectsof its affection, and yet in flying free,never asks another to suffer bonds;Still, heart without head can bean isolated experience; some of us,you know, have...
