by Bela Johnson | Sep 21, 2021 | compassion, forgiveness, inspiration, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Angels have visited me in many forms in my life. I have felt their fiery presence from the unseen realms and have met them in the bodies of human beings. (If you’re curious, this is one of those encounters.) In a previous post about my Pacific Northwest travels,...
by Bela Johnson | May 9, 2020 | compassion, family, forgiveness, healing, perspective, Uncategorized
Today I posted an apology to my mother, now deceased, on Facebook. Apologized for not being more patient, more understanding; in essence a better daughter. Immediately friends rallied around me, supporting and consoling in these shared reflective times in that way...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 3, 2018 | compassion, forgiveness, healing, Uncategorized
It’s a scurrilous affair to be the target of an assault upon our humanity. Judgments, condemnation and criticisms all aim to reduce our opinions of ourselves, and are often successful in altering how others view us as well. We may well learn best through adversity,...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 18, 2017 | family, forgiveness, Uncategorized
I never told you I loved you enough, the only ones to whom it might have mattered and mattered much, how could I? There are certain things one apprehends only with age, the fact that most parents were mere children themselves when they raised us up; Now when I...
by Bela Johnson | May 4, 2015 | forgiveness, lifestyle, Uncategorized
Journal entry 2013 … Pondering strength: the lungs and the legs to kick out into deep water, swimming back and forth across the bay. What it would take to remain calm in the face of a shark sighting might require more strength than I could muster –...
