by Bela Johnson | Sep 9, 2025 | awakening, consciousness, healing, musings, nature, Uncategorized
It seems days roll into nights too vast for winkingstars and spinning galaxies, while the wind blows as everand the ocean flows its indigo rhythms as timeremains this human folly we cannot bend or break;still in one blink, gardens are created, another housebecomes...
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 12, 2024 | compassion, friendship, healing, human interest, nature, perspective
We may or may not ever meet again,but this precious moment is alive, here and now,and each encounter is precious, whether we like itor not, whether we have predicted or scheduledthe meeting, so here we are, players shuffledon the board or in the hand like playing...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 25, 2024 | awakening, healing, human interest, lifestyle, perspective, Uncategorized
Sometimes I reflect on my life and it’s hard to believeit really was me; those years of confusion, trial by fire,choices made; as grit in an oyster, collecting experienceslike pearls forming, oh so slowly, though I knew notwhat they would reveal, nor had the...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 7, 2024 | growing up, healing, inspiration, philosophy, sense of place, Uncategorized
Do we take in the good, or still believe, when presentedwith it, that it’s simply not there, not real? I was raised with my fair share of negativity; product, I think, of a heavy-handed religion which diminished any female’s needs, never mind wants, and...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 28, 2023 | communication, healing, musings, nature, Uncategorized
Not a desirable trait, stubbornness,lack of desire to open the mind,accept another’s viewpoint, insteadwanting to preserve whatever narrow-minded perception one has in the moment,rigid not like the tree which sways gentlyin the breeze, rather like a...