by Bela Johnson | Dec 24, 2025 | compassion, earth witness, Uncategorized
I carry the key that no one gave me.It was forged from breath,from every silence I have ever survived—my own necessary stifling of voice,and the silence of othersunable or unwillingto share their truth. The lock was never outside.It lived in my ribs—those pale bars of...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 22, 2025 | authenticity, human interest, Uncategorized
Daily writing promptAre you a good judge of character?View all responses Again and again, I read these prompts and shake my head:Are you a good judge of character? I’m not entirely sure what that means to most people.It seems to assume that we meet anotherand almost...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 21, 2025 | happiness, perspective, Uncategorized
Daily writing promptWhen are you most happy?View all responses I find happiness a curious word,as if it depends on a sustained surgeof endorphins the body was never meantto carry for long.As if we’re meant to walk the worldwith a grin pasted on our...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
We say falling in loveas if love were a ditch,a stumble,a loss of footing—something we trip intobecause the lights were offand the chemicals were loud. Falling sounds like an accident,like surrendering consciousness,like slipping under a spellor losing the...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 17, 2025 | nature, Uncategorized
Daily writing promptIs your life today what you pictured a year ago?View all responses After rushing about this morning—muffins for breakfast,water for the Christmas tree,matcha made—I sit.And breathe.And notice. A year ago, I could not have imaginedthe utter calm now...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 16, 2025 | climate change, earth witness, Uncategorized
As I awaken to this atypically gray day,I wonder about too many thingsto sort into neat little packages of script;there is chaos, to be sure—though is it me?Or have these conditions always persisted,unperturbed by human mindsthat never thought to record them? We live...
