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 | Jan 8, 2013 | animals, happiness, nature, philosophy, poetry, Uncategorized
Strange fruit – shape and husks like the mottled purple-white breasts of small dying birds, scattered on asphalt. Running together, life and death in the avenue. That we choose one over the other – fight like cancer to linger in this place – affirms...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 27, 2012 | culture, happiness, personal, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
I strive to be happy. Honest, I do. But sometimes I have to ask myself completely and without guile, Is it happiness itself I seek? Or is it the process of striving that captivates me – the push/pull between satisfaction and all that fails to match expectations...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 21, 2012 | compassion, healing, personal, philosophy, random thoughts, Uncategorized
Let everything happen to you Beauty and terror Just keep going – No feeling is final. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke I find it harder and harder to be critical and sarcastic these days. Tongue in cheek, I used to label this aspect of personality my inner cynic, but I knew...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 12, 2012 | nature, philosophy, science, spirituality, Uncategorized
I used to believe in portals, back in my New Age days. But I was getting too far ‘out there,’ needing instead to be more present to everyday life here on this fabulous earth. It was crucial that I began trusting my body as an instrument that could inform me in this...
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...
