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 learn from experience on near a river.

Learning from experience certainly makes life easier. Whatever you go through in life, please pay attention to it.  If you learn from your experience the first time, you can help yourself or someone else going through similar experiences. Seven months Read more…


Encouraging you to say thank you on near a river.

A thank you to someone who has been very important in my life. Dear Mother, Thank you for everything you have done for me. For giving me life and keeping me alive during my childhood years, I thank you. The Read more…


Encouraging you to always feel at peace on near a river.

Do you feel at peace about your life? At 10 am tomorrow morning, I will be under general anesthesia for amputation surgery.  This does not bother me at all, because I have had 17 surgeries and I am peace with Read more…


Encouraging you to keep your dreams on near a river.

Never give up on your dreams! Yesterday was our national Martin Luther King day.  In 1963, this great man had a dream that all men would live together as equals and as one brotherhood, with the same civil rights and Read more…


Please share this post if you believe in always being faithful in your relationships! A few days ago, I found a post on Facebook with a picture of a wheel chair.  On top of  the wheel chair were these words, Read more…


When in pain, just focus and you may feel better! Having experienced much physical and emotional pain throughout my life, I could be called a “lay-person pain expert”. Believe it or not, I have had 17 surgeries in the past Read more…


Encouraging you to experience the power of pajamas on near a river.

Spending time relaxing in your pajamas has a powerful effect! Today snow has been blanketing our home since seven this morning and I cannot go outside because I might fall. So I have spent the entire day in my Mickey Read more…


Encouraging to remove what offends you from your life on Near a River.

Remove what offends you from your life and move forward! Something has been offending me for many years–my Mother’s lack of love for me. Since I am the result of my Mother’s extra marital affair, she did never show love Read more…


If you have been struggling to let go of something in your past, try to cheer up first and then try to forgive and move forward! Lately I have been thinking some very negative thoughts because my foot pain is Read more…


Encouragement to make just one resolution on Near a River.

What would your one resolution for next year be?  Here is my choice. If you only make one resolution, what would it be? My one resolution is to love myself unconditionally. Here is the true story that explains the reason Read more…

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