by Bela Johnson | Sep 25, 2012 | healing, inspiration, philosophy, random thoughts, spirituality, Uncategorized
How many times have we slammed into walls in life, only to either slide back down them bruised but alive, or peeled off like some bad wallpaper with a cheap replacement slapped back over it in haste, while we continue more or less as before? There have been pivotal...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 10, 2012 | happiness, healing, inspiration, lifestyle, philosophy, Uncategorized
Years ago I read this book and wrote an article for a statewide paper about and around it. The following is a reworked and shortened version, which I thought to share with you while on a month’s vacation which has taken me away from a regular writing schedule. I...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 28, 2012 | community, healing, inspiration, Uncategorized
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. ~ John Lennon What is it to be a woman? The soft curve of tender lips pressed to the fragrant cheek of a child; the hard bend of iron will that rises up to defend her in the absence of Father. I cannot...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 21, 2012 | animals, Hawaii, nature, Uncategorized
“Young man,” said Miss Block“It’s eleven o’clock! This school beginspromptly at eight-forty-five;Why, this is a terrible time to arrive!Why didn’t you come just as fast as you could?What is your excuse, and it better be good!” “This morning, Miss Block, when I left...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 14, 2012 | community, lifestyle, personal, Uncategorized
Today is one of those days I get to learn, once again, it’s not about me. Not even remotely. I have lived too long to believe days like this to be fraught with coincidence; rather it seems they are best spent close to home. Unfortunately, it’s hard to know this until...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 8, 2012 | lifestyle, love, personal, Uncategorized
Few visages of children appear as though destiny is inscribed upon them. We’d all like to believe life is an open book shaped by the choices we make. Still, she had one of those faces: pale, putty-colored, cow-eyed. Her placid gaze was cool, arms hanging alongside...
