by Bela Johnson | Jan 7, 2014 | freedom, inspiration, self awareness, Uncategorized
I find I’m looking for fear with a background trembling in anticipation of its discovery. Why does my mind willfully seek out that which engenders this shaky unrest? My body yearns to move while thoughts, suspended in space, inspire little if not lethargy....
by Bela Johnson | Aug 13, 2013 | freedom, musings, nature, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
I know a woman who labels everything. It causes me to smile sometimes and cringe at others, especially when she confers cutesy monikers upon wild creatures. It seems insensitive to me, to somehow expect the dwindling nonhuman free spirits of the world to be shackled...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 10, 2013 | freedom, friends, lifestyle, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
If you knew me when I was young, you never would have imagined me as the solitary sort. I was always with friends, either surrounded by people or animals or any sort of distraction. Yet I never fully trusted anyone, for I was raised to keep secrets. And keep them I...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 7, 2012 | freedom, happiness, inspiration, lifestyle, philosophy, Uncategorized
It’s not impermanence per se, or even knowing we’re going to die, that is the cause of our suffering. Rather, it’s our resistance to the fundamental uncertainty of our situation. Our discomfort arises from all of our efforts to put ground under our feet, to realize...
