by Darrin Johnson | Oct 29, 2018 | Ruelon
Things weren’t getting better. In fact they were continuing to get worse but I began to trust myself and the butterflies in my stomach that told me, something better is coming. I found myself each day expressing gratitude because as dismal and things were, they could...
by Darrin Johnson | Oct 28, 2018 | Ruelon
I had been stripped of everything I knew and possessed. I was cut down to the white meat as my cousin would say. It was deep and there was no bandage large enough to cover my wounds. One day when the pain of failure was just too much for me to handle, I went running....
by Darrin Johnson | Oct 27, 2018 | Ruelon
I fought for as long as I could to maintain my life as I knew it. Unfortunately, I lost that battle and I was being forced out my life, my city, and my peace. When I finally broke down to tell my sister I was undone and couldn’t hold on to my way of life, she said in...
by Darrin Johnson | Oct 27, 2018 | Ruelon
Famed fashion designer Kate Spade and I share the same birthday. I was obsessed with the Travel channel’s No Reservations and CNN’s Parts Unknown, both hosted by the popular, and semi-nomadic chef Anthony Bourdain. He combined two of my favorite pastimes in the world,...
by Darrin Johnson | Aug 21, 2018 | Lifestyle, Ruelon, Travel
Take me to where the real people are! I say this once I arrive at any new international destination. I don’t however, always accomplish my goal of seeing how the every day locals of any given country actually live outside the illusion of luxurious , Americanized...
by Darrin Johnson | Aug 17, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Lifestyle, Ruelon, Spirituality
The iconic and incomparable Janet Jackson has cured an ailing music scene with yet another feel good musical summer groove. The ever-evolving Queen of danceability last graced us with her presence when she dropped the spiritually induced Unbreakable album in 2015....
by Darrin Johnson | Aug 14, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Ruelon, Spirituality
Hiding is easy. Subscribing to the Matrix and all its programmed bells and whistles is comforting. Pleasing family, churches, and our social media followers at the expense of our well being is celebrated, and encouraged. It’s what you do! We are creatures of habit...
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...
