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Category Archives: How Can I Be Happy?

Be happy in spite of your circumstances!

This category teaches readers how to be happy no matter what the circumstances in your life are. Topics include positive ways you can impact your thoughts, things you can do to improve your outlook on life, 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 inspire you to have a positive outlook on life.

Written with uplifting words of encouragement, Near a River is a photographic book for children 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.

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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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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…

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…

Gumption

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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…

When to Hold On

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), How Can I Be Happy?, Training for Success December 26, 2023

Sometimes, I hold onto things for a long time. Recently, my habit proved worthwhile! Like most people, I hold onto things—memories, ideas, and physical property. Sometimes these things are good, and sometimes bad. About twenty years ago, I bought a Read more…

How To Influence Others

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Influence others to work with instead of against you and solve your problems peacefully. Long ago in China, a farmer and a hunter were neighbors. Unfortunately, the hunter caused the farmer problems. He owned several ferocious and poorly trained hunting Read more…

Make Your Country Better!

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A simple way you can improve your country, regardless of where you live. America is a great place to live, but not a great place for a child to learn to read. Studies show these facts: 44 million US adults Read more…

Achieve Financial Success

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You can achieve financial success! Did you know you can achieve financial success with your current income? You can! The path to financial success doesn’t start with radical change. It begins by asking a lot of questions. It’s quite possible to Read more…

Thank You, Imperfect World!

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), Holidays that Heal..., How Can I Be Happy? May 1, 2024

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Thank you, imperfect world! I am so grateful to be a part of you… Thank you, world! No, you are not a perfect world, but no one ever promised me that the world around me or my life would be Read more…

Don’t Be Shy!

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), How Can I Be Happy? December 27, 2023

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Are you shy about expressing your feelings in public sometimes? Today I simply had to express how I really felt… Sometimes my right foot hurts really badly. On Sunday of this week, while waiting for my husband to return home, 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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