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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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Reduce Stress

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Having a pet is a great way to reduce stress and improve your emotional, mental, and physical well-being. Do you want to reduce stress? Burn more calories?  Feel happier? Get a pet. Pets provide more than unconditional love. Owning a Read more…

Saying No to Drugs

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Resiliency comes from love. Both resiliency and love enable a child to say no to drugs. Every child can say be strong enough to say no to drugs. Even though I grew up in a dysfunctional home, I still said no Read more…

Build Confidence

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Every person needs self-confidence to succeed in life. Having self-confidence is a key to success in life.   A person needs confidence to believe he can reach his goal. How can any person develop confidence, including a child? Simply by doing Read more…

“FEAR”–Face Everything and Rise

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There is a time to stay out of harm’s way, and a time to “FEAR”– face everything and rise! My definition of fear is “face everything and rise”. Until I was almost four years old, I heard loud violent arguing Read more…

Healthier Environment, Better Health

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How to  calm anxiety by calming your environment. Recently I had a day of depression and anxiety.  I blamed my depression and anxiety on loss of control caused by deaths of two people I love and on being stuck in Read more…

Strategies for Depression and Anxiety.

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Encouraging you to overcome depression and anxiety on near a river.

Five activities that help me cope with depression and anxiety. I have endured depression and anxiety for years.  I seldom take medication to calm down.  Certain activities help me calm down, relax, and feel well again. Here are the activities Read more…

Serenity Prayer

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Encouraging you to give yourself the gift of Serenity on Near a River.

Happy New Year 2018!  Here is a Serenity Prayer for everyone for every day of the New Year! Grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change, The motivation to change the things I can, And the strength Read more…

Enjoy Healthy Relationships

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You can enjoy healthy relationships with everyone around you. You can enjoy healthy relationships with everyone around you.  It is not hard to do.  It simply boils down to respect.  Role model respect for everyone around you so others will Read more…

Recipe for Success!

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Encouragement to volunteer and be successful on Near a River.

Volunteer to overcome your issues and succeed!   Do you want to feel satisfied with your life? Do you want to be successful? John Tesh in his book Intelligence for Your Life writes that “God planted in us a conscience Read more…

Not Feeling Well Today? 

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You can help yourself to get feeling better! Not feeling well today? Of course you want to feel better.  Here are some of the best medicines to help you feel better. Hug! Hugging is awesome and incredibly powerful.  It has Read more…

"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.

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