by Bela Johnson | Jan 17, 2013 | community, lifestyle, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
None of us is any more special than another. No matter what we think of ourselves. We’d all do well to remember this, right down to our bones. Death is the great leveler, as is physical nakedness. If we all kept death in our sights while thoroughly embracing...
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 | Dec 26, 2012 | friends, lifestyle, love, poetry, Uncategorized
Bitter the leafand love,its flower.
by Bela Johnson | Nov 29, 2012 | animals, inspiration, lifestyle, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
As wintertime deepens, one observes nature releasing what she will not require in the cold months ahead. Energy in plants moves inward, growth slows and finally stops. Leaves shed from deciduous trees and some evergreens’ needles turn to yellow. Frogs aestivate...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 13, 2012 | inspiration, lifestyle, nature, philosophy, photography, Uncategorized
As a child in less than ideal circumstances, life was filled with dread and despair. Yet I always felt I had an invisible confidant in a faceless Creator – a sort of tabula rasa onto whom I could project all my love and hate; all the repressed passions I could...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 9, 2012 | happiness, inspiration, lifestyle, nature, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
This old Max Ehrmann poem is as relevant to me today as ever it was: Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and...
