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

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Encouraging you to read this journal for your health on Near a River.

Do you feel unwell? Please read this journal about mold issues. Do you or someone you know have allergies and asthma or other health conditions?  If so, please read this journal. Journal November, 1975 My Mother remarried. Unfortunately, the man Read more…


Encouraging you to avoid loaning money on Near a River

Before you consider loaning money to someone you know, read this. Have you ever considered loaning money to someone you know? Not $15 to buy some lunch, but the hundreds or thousands of dollars someone wants to borrow. If so, Read more…


Encouraging you to be a Secret Santa on Near a River.

How one Secret Santa inspired many others to “pay it forward”. During the winter of 1971, young Larry Stewart from Mississippi was at the end of his rope.  The college dropout was out of both work and money.  He’d been Read more…


Encouraging you to cope well when someone betrays you on Near a River.

When someone betrays you, you need to time to heal. Yesterday someone I care about betrayed me and today I happened upon written proof of this. Betrayal is one of the most devastating experiences a person can have. Only someone Read more…


Encouraging you to be a great person on Near a River.

Great people have one common denominator:  they help others, even people they do not know. Why should we help people we do not know?  Too many people think, “If I help a stranger, what might happen to me?  But truly Read more…


Encouraging you to eat better and feel better on Near a River.

Feel better right now, without medications! If you could make yourself feel better right now – with no prescriptions, pills, or side effects – would you do it? It’s actually very simple to eat your way to better health, with Read more…


Encouraging you to be wise on Near a River.

Be wise and prevent unnecessary bills. Have you ever had this strange event happen?  I hope not.  But consider this post a word to the wise to prevent others from having the same issue. Last year we were new in Read more…


Encouraging you to remember how blessed you are on Near a River.

May everyone have a blessed life. A college track coach lined up the members of his team.  “Everyone, line up shoulder to shoulder. We are about to race!” he announced. Coach Jim explained, “The winner will win this $100 bill.  Read more…


Encouraging you to remember these life lessons on near a river.

Lessons we all can learn. My friend Teneal had a heart issue recently.  Because she had chest pain and struggled to breathe, her father took her to the hospital.  She had been through many struggles and life challenges and was Read more…


near a river encouraging words think ahead bj rae bald eagle

Think ahead and prevent January blues. It can be difficult to think ahead to a few months from now, but time passes quickly.  And what we do today affects our future. It is now the end of November.  Our actions Read more…

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