{"id":12015,"date":"2018-07-04T11:32:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T13:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=12015"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:23:09","slug":"braver-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/braver-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words-eagle\/","title":{"rendered":"Braver, Stronger, and Smarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>No matter what you need to do, remember that you are braver, stronger, and smarter than you realize.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12020 size-medium\" title=\"Encouraging you to believe you are braver than you believe on near a river.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/braver-and-stronger-and-smarter-300x300.png\" alt=\"Encouragement to believe you are braver than you believe on near a river.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/braver-and-stronger-and-smarter-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/braver-and-stronger-and-smarter-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/braver-and-stronger-and-smarter-144x144.png 144w, https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/braver-and-stronger-and-smarter.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_34752\"  width=\"730\" height=\"410\"  data-origwidth=\"730\" data-origheight=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9tRepZdoRmY?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What Christopher Robin said at the end of the above scene from <u>Winnie the Pooh<\/u> is very true for all of us. To answer Pooh\u2019s concern about being apart from Christopher Robin, Christopher Robin replied, \u201cOh, Pooh. If ever there&#8217;s a tomorrow when we&#8217;re not together, there&#8217;s something you must remember. You&#8217;re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This past week my husband was out of town working on a house.\u00a0 He encountered a large commercial freezer in one room that had to be moved and had no one to help him.\u00a0 At age 71, he is not as strong as he used to be.\u00a0 But somehow, he managed to move that freezer to the garage without bumping into anything at all or hurting himself.<\/p>\n<p>Then yesterday, I injured myself doing a chore outside.\u00a0 Since we speak often on the phone when we are apart, I told him I had hurt myself.\u00a0 Planning to return to our home today, he said that he would speak with me in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I woke up around 8 am and called him.\u00a0 He was already two hours from home.\u00a0 Eager to get back so he could help me with the dogs, he began his trip home around midnight.\u00a0 And he had safely navigated his way to a small town only two hours from our home by 8 am.<\/p>\n<p>My husband is a Vietnam veteran and suffers from more than one health problem.\u00a0 But he never gives up.\u00a0 He agrees with Christopher Robin\u2019s statement to Pooh.\u00a0 When you need to accomplish something, remember that you are braver, stronger, and smarter than you realize!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Let the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging words<\/a>\u00a0in these\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a>\u00a0posts help you<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">soar like an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a>\u00a0above life\u2019s storms.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/ernest-shackleton-near-a-river-bj-rae-encouraging-words-eagle\/\">Do you want to truly succeed?<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/fear-eagle-near-river-bj-rae-encouraging-words\/\">What does the word &#8220;fear&#8221; really mean?<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Always try to take care of things yourself first.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/decision-near-a-river-bj-rae-encouraging-words-eagle\/\">The outcome of\u00a0 your life is your really up to you!<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">If you enjoyed this post, remember that BJ writes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/children\" data-slimstat=\"5\">children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">books<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/children\" data-slimstat=\"5\">children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u>common core\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">is available on\u00a0Amazon.com\u00a0and\u00a0Barnesandnoble.com.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Buy BJ\u2019s\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">for a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/child\" slimstat=\"5\">child<\/a>\u00a0you care about today!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter what you need to do, remember that you are braver, stronger, and smarter than you realize. What Christopher Robin said at the end of the above scene from Winnie the Pooh is very true for all of us. <a href=\"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/braver-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words-eagle\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1862,133],"tags":[1588,77,1271,1269,3595,1328,1334,1270,1329,1337,3598,1714,1332,1321,12,1331,1330,1320,1273,1322,1302,1274,1323,1325,1326,1324,19,1275,1319,1318,716,1327,1336,1335,1268,1333,3596,297,155,3597,1299],"class_list":["post-12015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-problems-near-a-river-bj-rae-encouraging-words-eagle","category-successful-bj-rae","tag-common-core-eagle-reading-book","tag-bj-rae","tag-books-for-children","tag-books-for-kids","tag-braver","tag-child-eagle-reading-book","tag-childrens-book","tag-childrens-books","tag-childrens-eagle-reading-book","tag-childrens-reading-book","tag-christopher-robin","tag-common-core-book","tag-common-core-reading-book","tag-core-reading-book","tag-eagle","tag-eagle-book-for-child","tag-eagle-child-book","tag-eagle-children-book","tag-eagle-childrens-book","tag-eagle-core-reading-book","tag-eagle-kid-book","tag-eagle-kids-book","tag-eagle-reading-book","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-child","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-children","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-kids","tag-encouragement","tag-encouraging","tag-encouraging-childrens-book","tag-encouraging-kids-book","tag-encouraging-words","tag-kid-eagle-reading-book","tag-kid-reading-book","tag-kids-book","tag-kids-books","tag-reading-book","tag-smarter","tag-soar-like-an-eagle","tag-stronger","tag-winnie-the-pooh","tag-words-of-encouragement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12015"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21219,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12015\/revisions\/21219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}