by Darrin Johnson | Jun 30, 2018 | Fitness, Health and Wellness, Ruelon
There is something to be said about silence being golden. This phrase may sound familiar as it was drilled in many our heads since childhood. Particularly by our mothers, often exercising their maternal right to have the final word. I think of it when trying to...
by Darrin Johnson | May 30, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Lifestyle, Ruelon, Spirituality
I’ve always hated the saying “when it rains it pours.” For starters, it took me becoming old enough to fully realize the brevity of those words that I’ve heard my father speak of many times throughout my life. As a child, I was such a dreamer and much like now, very...
by Darrin Johnson | May 28, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Lifestyle, Ruelon
When I was a young boy, I constantly heard from my parents, aunts, and uncles, that eventually, I would settle down and get married. I would go through the the traditional rites of passage such as graduating high school, college, and find a beautiful woman to marry...
by Darrin Johnson | May 25, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Lifestyle, Ruelon
Human beings are experts at NOT being human. We are hopelessly codependent on the on the love of our lives that continuously gets the sensuous touch of our fingertips and that long, passionate gaze. I’m not talking about your gym crush, high school sweetheart, or...
by Darrin Johnson | May 24, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Lifestyle, Ruelon, Spirituality, Travel
Gut wrenching laughter with friends by poolside bars, making friends with vibrant personalities who possess passports from Canada, England, and Brazil, and anxiously awaiting the opening of beachside jerk chicken huts, may mean that one could possibly be on vacation....
by Darrin Johnson | May 3, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Ruelon, Spirituality
It will be almost two years since I’ve launched Ruelon.com. It has been a labor of love and something that has completely transformed my life for the better. A few months after I launched my platform of love, support, and visibility, I made a video which explains how...
by Darrin Johnson | Apr 28, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Lifestyle, Ruelon
It was early afternoon on a surprisingly mild, spring day in northern New Jersey. I was deciding whether to get a gym workout in, or stay at home plotting my world domination. Okay maybe that last part was a bit dramatic because it was more like I pulled a muscle...
by Darrin Johnson | Apr 16, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Lifestyle, Ruelon
We rarely talk about it. At least not with those who do not walk our walk, live through our experiences, or understand our existence. There are however, several things that gay men inherently possess knowledge of. It keeps us amused and motivated in a world very much...
by Darrin Johnson | Apr 12, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Lifestyle, Ruelon, Spirituality, Travel
Pure white sand separates my toes as they struggle for position to reach the turquoise waters. At first, there is trepidation as I await the first touch of moisture on the souls of my feet. I’m good, I feel the warmth, and it’s inviting. There are no frigid surprises...
