by Bela Johnson | Nov 20, 2012 | healing, inspiration, personal, philosophy, poetry, Uncategorized
The mirror shatters – a thousand shards, rocking in the wind. Reflect! Reflect!
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...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 7, 2012 | freedom, happiness, inspiration, lifestyle, philosophy, Uncategorized
It’s not impermanence per se, or even knowing we’re going to die, that is the cause of our suffering. Rather, it’s our resistance to the fundamental uncertainty of our situation. Our discomfort arises from all of our efforts to put ground under our feet, to realize...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 1, 2012 | inspiration, personal, philosophy, random thoughts, Uncategorized
A lot can happen in twenty years. When I was fifteen and not even dreaming about computers and iPhones, my most vivid memory was an awkwardness in every step and feeling fat in a sea of Twiggies. My greatest concern was not in fully grasping chemistry’s periodic...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 24, 2012 | inspiration, philosophy, random thoughts, Uncategorized
It’s easy to whine about annoyances – those circumstances or people that burden the mind with nagging urgency. Harder to cultivate reception when there’s so much confusion, coercion and outright deception filtering down from high places these days. Politicians...
