by Bela Johnson | Jun 22, 2012 | happiness, inspiration, personal, philosophy, random thoughts, Uncategorized
What slips through the cracks of consciousness, only to settle in slumber? Do you awake, freshly inspired? Or troubled and taut, like the frayed anchor rope of a small craft tossed about on a stormy grey sea of insecurity? Each day begins anew. The sun rises,...
by Bela Johnson | May 15, 2012 | animals, nature, personal, random thoughts, Uncategorized
I’ve never held a hummingbird in my hand. And it’s not like I haven’t wanted to. My heart swells to overflowing while imagining the feeling of a tiny bird body thrumming at a hundred miles an hour against fingers and palm. It would be rather like capturing a...
by Bela Johnson | May 2, 2012 | lifestyle, nature, personal, random thoughts, Uncategorized
There’s a sweet spot that exists every morning – when the light returns and dreams taper into images the eye can gather into focus. There is a right time to arise. I do not wake up to alarms, and even though I gifted my husband with a Zen clock that gently chimes at a...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 19, 2012 | happiness, Hawaii, nature, personal, random thoughts, Uncategorized
Beaches close fairly regularly here in Hawaii while tiger sharks measuring up to fifteen feet cruise on through. When waters are murky, best forego the swim. Plenty else to do. My own shark sightings have invariably occurred at this, my favorite beach – though...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 29, 2012 | Hawaii, nature, personal, random thoughts, Uncategorized
It always seems premature somehow to arise before day has broken. Before that glorious ball of fire that lights and warms the earth sees fit to rise, there is surely beauty in the pre-dawn. A sacred silence before resort workers hit the highway – bound for the altered...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 27, 2012 | happiness, healing, personal, philosophy, random thoughts, Uncategorized
It’s almost unbelievable, the degree to which I become my own undoer. Life has brought me more magic than many, yet these days all seems static as a windless day. Perhaps it is the times we are living in or maybe it’s my own personal evolution. Either way,...
