by Bela Johnson | Jan 13, 2015 | lifestyle, musings, philosophy, poetry, Uncategorized
The world hinges on a moment, an hour when the concept of a calendar brought into fashion by Caesar, desiring convenience amidst conquering, becomes the standard on which we pin hopes, dreams, intentions. Pick a time in space like the biblical god of Abraham, and call...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 30, 2014 | lifestyle, musings, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
What is this sense of restlessness, a companion elbowing me on the bus to nowhere in particular; a dynamism like some archaic Discoverer’s gene poking its crusty head out between demands and an uncertain future? Is it a product of attaining a certain age,...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 23, 2014 | family, nature, poetry, self awareness, Uncategorized
The past cannot be changed and so be it. Memories are tricky, colored through the lens of a woman decades removed from the frightened confused child that once inhabited her flesh. Reflection proves hindrance to repeating history indelibly seared into grooves of a...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 16, 2014 | creativity, inspiration, lifestyle, philosophy, Uncategorized
I find myself in the middle of an eye, watching myself in its blank stare. The moment scatters. Motionless, I stay and go: I am a pause. ~ Octavio Paz I’m riding my bike into town, thinking of how the world looks through my own eyes. My view, my dream, my world. As if...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 9, 2014 | compassion, family, inspiration, lifestyle, Uncategorized
My mother didn’t touch me, but you can’t give what you didn’t get. ~ Maria Shriver Why has it taken me most of my life to understand parents as fallible human beings rather than the perfect archetypal models my Inner Child yearns for? Don’t I already understand that a...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 5, 2014 | lifestyle, love, philosophy, Uncategorized
Another set of sterling observations from my daughter’s travels …
