by Bela Johnson | Dec 21, 2025 | happiness, perspective, Uncategorized
Daily writing promptWhen are you most happy?View all responses I find happiness a curious word,as if it depends on a sustained surgeof endorphins the body was never meantto carry for long.As if we’re meant to walk the worldwith a grin pasted on our...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 7, 2025 | happiness, Hawaii, live aloha, Uncategorized
Daily writing promptWhat positive events have taken place in your life over the past year?View all responses It’s astonishing to realize that a year and a half has passedsince we found our way back home to Hawai‘i—and exactly one year on Thanksgivingsince we stepped...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 5, 2023 | happiness, home, lifestyle, musings, nature, Uncategorized
Winking at the gods with those luminous blue green eyes,the dragonfly sits perched on my knee, shoulder, head;and as I duck under for another cool dip, she is there,waiting, hovering in the golden bands of bright summersunlight while the loons’ tremolo bounces...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 4, 2022 | culture, happiness, human interest, lifestyle, nature, Uncategorized
There is much to be grateful for, yet often lacking is a sense of perspective. Unless we have traveled around a bit, we Westerners tend to take a lot for granted. Observing the lives of others in dire circumstances, whether within the boundaries of our own country or...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 15, 2022 | country living, happiness, Maine, musings, nature, Uncategorized
Have you ever heard something fallunder water, the dull scrapeof a fishing weight onto granite rock,the drag, fisherman on the surface,oblivious to you hiding, suspendedalongside dull mossy green bass,still and not struggling betweencrevasses of boulders, tumbled by...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 31, 2017 | happiness, philosophy, Uncategorized
Remember Wimpy from Popeye cartoons? I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today! That guy knew what he wanted and couldn’t wait to enjoy it, although I’m not entirely sure about the indebting part, but I digress … Some truths are hard to...
