by Bela Johnson | Mar 6, 2012 | culture, Hawaii, healing, inspiration, nature, Uncategorized
And so it begins. Shafts of light steal through dawn’s dark mantle, pierced first and only by birdsong. Slate grey skies erupt overhead onto a landscape perpetually in need of their offering. Through stillness, the distant drone of a two-lane highway portends the...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 28, 2012 | Hawaii, nature, Uncategorized
If I drown in the ocean, if I die in this way – if I slide low and deep, I’d feel lucky today. If I dive in the water; if I crash in that wave; if the sands pull me under, I’d feel happy to stay. Life would lack certain meaning (with respect due to You) –...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 21, 2012 | lifestyle, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
Sometimes I find myself wrapped in envy for those who seem to possess a sort of natural foundation to their lives. Not the ones with the two-point-five children and a house in the suburbs, no. That holds no allure for me whatsoever. It’s more a kind of self possession...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 8, 2012 | nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
I am aware of the things which grind a person down with age. And while none of us will live forever in these bodies, aging gracefully is possible and, to me at least, desirable. I think most would say stress is a killer, but I suspect there’s a bit more, as I...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 31, 2012 | Hawaii, healing, nature, philosophy, psychology, Uncategorized
A former client once quipped that expectations are like premeditated resentments. I can’t help but notice what a recurring theme this is in my own life. When I was young and living in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains, the biggest treat for me was when...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 25, 2012 | animals, Hawaii, nature, Uncategorized
The day is breathless. Tiny green buds on the windward side of a stark Stemmadenia unfurl quaking, tender leaves. Dogs lounge in the morning sun while horses and cattle graze languorously in neighboring fields. Cardinals whistle and trill while doves bob in...
