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 26, 2012 | friends, lifestyle, love, poetry, Uncategorized
Bitter the leafand love,its flower.
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...
