by Bela Johnson | Aug 20, 2018 | country living, Hawaii, inspiration, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
The compulsion when an overtaxed mind, yearning to occupy another’s rendering of reality twists, knife-like, between the blades, sabotaging the creative process, stifling the necessary tension held between opposites, that fractional moment before the water...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 8, 2018 | Hawaii, nature, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
When the world is weary of mediocrity and the doors are flung wide open to admit the least of us is also worthy, neither better nor worse but as crucial to the whole as any other life form; When we finally attain some sort of collective maturity, a steady hand on the...
by Bela Johnson | Jul 24, 2018 | nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
What do we do when the words won’t come, when we stand, stock-still, mouths agape, dazzled by beauty and wonder and awe, minds taking snapshots as if we might capture a moment in time, whatever that is, perception being everything; What happens to us when we become...
by Bela Johnson | Jul 9, 2018 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
My own sadness pulls me inward, bringing tears but also fond and tender memories of another time, another place; sometimes it feels as though it was another life that guided me to those dense woods and sparkling waters of eastern Maine, a place I never thought to...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 12, 2018 | healing, lifestyle, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
It can be frightening to observe the body breaking down while nothing Western medicine offers seems to help. If this is happening, perhaps what you are experiencing is much deeper than what can be detected on the surface. If possible, consider emergence rather...
by Bela Johnson | May 22, 2018 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
Not unusual, this Tuesday. I hop on my bike and head downhill toward the vast indigo ocean with Maui shimmering across the channel, verdant rolling fields a parenthesis between me and the sea. I fondly regard the local dairy’s towering wooden silo alongside...
