When a storm is coming, all other birds seek shelter. The eagle alone avoids the storm by flying above it. So, in the storms of life may your heart be like an eagle’s and soar above.” – Author Unknown

Ever been too hard on yourself?  You can go easy on yourself instead. Here is how… Have you ever done something wrong and then been really hard on yourself? If you have, you are not alone.  Most of us can Read more…


If you let people treat you like a doormat, you’ll be quite forgotten in the end.  ( Proverbs 29:21 MSG)  My husband and I are very kind and loving people. We help others every chance we get and treat others Read more…


Encouraging you to celebrate what is on near a river.

Do you sit around moping because your life is not the way you want it to be, or do you celebrate what is? When I was a little girl, I imagined my life at my age much differently than it Read more…


Encouragement to face your fears on near a river.

Do you face your fears or run away from them? My husband has been out of town all week.  We live in a small mountain town in a house set back from the road and surrounded by trees.  And there Read more…


Encouragement to create your biggest accomplishment on near a river.

What is your biggest accomplishment? I do not know what your biggest accomplishment is, but mine is bouncing back. Bouncing back has many meanings, but to me it means these things. Refusing to listen to any negative chatter in my Read more…


Encouraging you to learn from the story of Mark Elklund on near a river.

The story of Vietnam soldier Mark Elklund has a message for all of us. At Saint Mary’s Catholic School in Morris, Minnesota, there was a third grade class.  The Sister teaching the students in the class loved all of them, Read more…


Encouragement to realize it is not the end on near a river.

Are you struggling with a problem?  Realize that it is not the end… Did you know that in life everything will be okay in the end?  Also did you know that when life is not okay, it is not the Read more…


Encouraging you to cope with the stress of life on near a river.

Would you like to know what the simplest way to cope with the stress of life is? Did you know the suicide rate has gone up 30 percent since 1999? Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade both hung themselves this week. Read more…


Encouraging you to learn from the example of John Wanamaker on near a river.

What can you learn from John Wanamaker? About fifty years ago my husband knew a man named John Wanamaker in Philadelphia who owned Wanamaker Department Store.  This man’s grandfather was the Mr. Wanamaker who ushered  America into the consumer age.  Read more…

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