by Bela Johnson | Jan 11, 2026 | gardening, patience, Uncategorized
The garden waits,its pulse separate from mine—a thousand roots threading throughtheir own decisions. I have pruned too much,watered from lack of rain,guarded what would havedone better left alone. Too much,even when well intentioned,is still too much. Now, I watch the...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 26, 2022 | gardening, musings, nature, patience, Uncategorized
Fifteen degrees on the outdoor thermometer, and I dread walking out to an unheated greenhouse, though he tells me I should, prepares me for what I am about to witness; Tomato plants first, laden with unripened fruit, no fault, didn’t get the structure built on...
by Bela Johnson | May 5, 2020 | COVID-19, musings, nature, patience, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
I must keep reminding myself, this is not just about me; nothing I have done or failed to do, it was timing, good or poor, none of us could have predicted just how and when the changes this precious earth needed in order to cleanse herself of one species’...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 10, 2020 | inspiration, nature, patience, philosophy, Uncategorized
Humbled by an ending which is only the beginning, I slowly row my boat toward shore, but find there is no safe harbor, no spit of earth on which to land, so I gather up oars again; not time, not yet; I know but don’t know this ephemeral relationship with the...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 3, 2015 | compassion, musings, patience, philosophy, Uncategorized
If I knew I would die on a Thursday, would I be as anxious to get to Friday? Waiting is something I’ve done a great deal of in this life. It has taught me both vigilance as well as patience. Waiting has been my teacher in nonattachment. As a kid, it was so hard...
