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Category Archives: How Can I Change the World?

Be a world changer and change the world around you!

This category teaches readers how to be a world changer and change the world for the better. Topics include positive ways you can impact others’ lives, problem-solving skills, how you can help end drug abuse and violence, and more. Like the other categories, its ultimate purpose is to enable readers everywhere to soar like eagles above life’s storms.

Bobbie J Rae’s vision is insightful and motivating. Her vision brings you a successful and positive outlook on life. These articles will enable, motivate, and encourage you to change the world around you.

Written with uplifting words of encouragement, Near a River is a photographic children’s book about two young bald eagles who are eager for their mother to teach them to fly so they may soar over the storms in their lives.

Near a River encourages early childhood reading. BJ hopes that all children become strong readers and soar above life’s storms.

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The Gives

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How about the “gives” instead of the “give me’s”? Like a hug, both parties benefit from the “gives”. When I was a small child, I thought like a child. Around Christmas and my birthday, I naturally wanted gifts. I seldom Read more…

Still Have Time To Make Your Year Great!

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Encouraging you to make the rest of your year great on near a river.

Once again it’s time to consider how your year has been so far. Although I keep a journal and can look back on any day to recall out what I did that day, I am amazed at how fast the Read more…

A Silly Song

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This silly song taught me an unforgettable lesson. When I was young, my older brother walked me to school. We entertained each other; he taught me silly songs and other goofy things, and I constantly doused him by jumping in Read more…

The Bear

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As this true story about the bear explains, there is a way to get what we want. Two days after we moved into our current mountain home, I walked outside the sunroom into the backyard to put out my bird Read more…

Beat the Heat!

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, How Can I Be Happy?, How Can I Change the World?, How Can I Heal My Body?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome Depression December 26, 2023

Strategies to help you beat this heat this summer! The heat can make you feel generally miserable, and it also intensifies depression and anxiety. There is no way to completely escape the summer heat, but you can try to beat Read more…

Why Wait?

bobbiejrae About Love's Power..., Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, How Can I Change the World? December 26, 2023

Why wait to enjoy the most important part of your life? Once upon a time all feelings and emotions went to a coastal island for a vacation. According to their nature, each was having a good time. Suddenly, the weather Read more…

We Need More Protons!

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What are protons? Can we learn anything from them? I studied both chemistry and physics in college. Over thirty years later, I remember very little of what I learned in these classes. However, I do recall a few things Read more…

Gumption

bobbiejrae About Love's Power..., How Can I Be Happy?, How Can I Change the World?, How Can I Improve My Country?, Training for Success December 26, 2023

May you always have the gumption to do and think what is right! I have noticed in life that things some things are always a struggle. When I thought about these things, I realized they were either not good for Read more…

The Most Important Gift

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There is one gift everyone can share with others. Do you happen to know what the most important gift is? Everyone has the same amount of it and once used it cannot be replaced, so you should spend it as Read more…

Eureka!

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The English language derives the word “eureka” from the Greek word meaning “I found it”. Can you guess what I recently found? For the past two summers, I have enjoyed my garden. But no matter how much money I paid Read more…

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"Each reader's heart is like an eagle's and can soar above the storms in life..." - Near a River's Author, BJ Rae.

Written with uplifting words of encouragement, Near a River is a photographic children's book about two young bald eagles who are eager for their mother to teach them to fly so they may soar over the storms in their lives. Near a River encourages early childhood reading. BJ hopes that every child becomes a strong reader and soars above the storms in life.

Please help BJ raise funds for the charities she supports–cancer research, child abuse, domestic violence, and disaster victims.

I Give You Three Feathers January 1, 2018
To The Ones December 21, 2019
Times Have Changed November 27, 2019
The Gives November 21, 2019
Still Have Time To Make Your Year Great! November 2, 2017
A Silly Song November 11, 2019
The Bear October 21, 2019

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