by Bela Johnson | Feb 23, 2015 | community, lifestyle, nature, poetry, transformation, Uncategorized
I began leaving home in the womb, winter-weary parents packing up kids and dreams, fleeing frozen for fallacy ill conceived through jeweled blinders, backs turned stubbornly on a kinder fate. No Valley Girl at heart, I came to rely upon mountains and creatures too...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 17, 2015 | lifestyle, musings, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
There are a hundred matters one cannot un-do. Frost’s forked path in the midst, and I took the road less traveled. What has it brought me, in the end? What redemption, if not recognizing the fullness of existence to the marrow permeating all life? Spirits lie...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 10, 2015 | lifestyle, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
Searching the thesaurus to avoid duplication of the term sensitive only confirms cultural bias: touchy, hypersensitive, easy offended, easily upset, easily hurt (easy, easily, easily – thesaurus in need of a thesaurus), thin-skinned, defensive, paranoid,...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 3, 2015 | compassion, musings, patience, philosophy, Uncategorized
If I knew I would die on a Thursday, would I be as anxious to get to Friday? Waiting is something I’ve done a great deal of in this life. It has taught me both vigilance as well as patience. Waiting has been my teacher in nonattachment. As a kid, it was so hard...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 27, 2015 | family, healing, inspiration, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
How could a spirit prepare to come into the world fully formed and armored, Athena sprung from the head of Zeus? How to conceive the weight of carapace needed to ward off powers of intoxication foisted by the damaged, visited upon progeny? These are not pretty...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 20, 2015 | nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
Tread lightly, there are many underfoot. Just because they appear invisible does not invalidate their existence. Speak carefully, never knowing the power behind words, once spoken. Gulfs of projections and assumptions often exist between a speaker’s mouth and the...
