by Bela Johnson | Nov 7, 2025 | perspective, poetry, process, shadow, Uncategorized
My ego is not an animalthat needs feeding; the placeyou can touch is my heart —but please go gently,with due respect. You need only possessa genuine concernfor the inner person,fragile being not unlike yourself —fellow traveler throughthis brief burst in eternity. You...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 6, 2025 | reflections, Uncategorized
What are our values, really?Webster calls a value that which is desirable or worthy of esteem — for its own sake.But how do we live that?How do we guard the flame of what feels true,when the world keeps asking us to trade itfor something shinier, louder, more...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 5, 2025 | earth witness, healing, Uncategorized
Daily writing promptDo you need time?View all responses I’m not sure I need time —at least not as it’s commonly considered.It’s simply what we’re given, like it or not,for as long as we draw breath:a new sunrise, a fading sunset,and the spaces in...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 3, 2025 | night sky, Uncategorized
We step outside just before dawn,the air cool enough to taste the recentand generous winter rains.Billions of stars scatter across inky black,so many I imagine themas a silver faerie mantledraped lightly over the flowing crown of Mother Earth. I name a few—ones...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 1, 2025 | healing, poetry, process, Uncategorized
Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live? If I Could Re-Live a Year At first, the question seems silly.Why would anyone want to go back, when life has already pressed us forward through so much change, so much learning, so many quiet awakenings? Still,...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 31, 2025 | poetry, process, shadow process, Uncategorized
Do they ever get any smarter with age?That ass-grabbing Buddhist who was surehis teacher was The One, only to discoverhe, too, was an ass-grabber. Oh, sigh. He chanted om mani padme humwhile his gaze wandered,as if enlightenment were hidingbeneath some...
