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 23, 2012 | philosophy, Uncategorized
Dragon year begins on the run – guests arrive in a taxi two days before the calendar turns. To city folk, this fails to raise eyebrows. In a world of island living however, paying $140 for cab fare seems a bit insane. We are located an hour from the airport and...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 12, 2012 | compassion, healing, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
Typically I eschew today’s news. As far as I’m concerned, good journalism died a long time ago, and the opinionated drivel that clogs the arteries of society is not worth my time and attention. We do however subscribe to a daily paper, just in case there is something...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 7, 2011 | compassion, friends, philosophy, psychology
I am a lover of history when it comes to people, a determined sustainer of relationships. I look forward to nurturing and maintaining these dear connections. I love the lines in your face, the liquid sparkle in your eyes when you smile. I love that you do not shift...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 21, 2011 | healing, philosophy
I have never kept a diary, but if I did, it would be to its pages I would commit the seeming banality of the day-to-day, the little goings-on, meanderings of the mind – those projections, deductions, reflections. Yet one of the most engaging forms of prose I am...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 10, 2011 | healing, philosophy, psychology
Long ago and far away I had a friend who was, and is likely still, a performer. She loves performing so much that she’s made it her life’s work. If all of us felt as passionate about our profession as she, life would be a proverbial tiptoe through the tulips. This...
