{"id":12047,"date":"2018-07-07T13:12:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T15:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=12047"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:23:09","slug":"wild-friend-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wild-friend-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wild Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>I found a new wild friend hanging around outside our sun room.\u00a0 Want to meet him?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As a child, I feared bats greatly.\u00a0 They suck human blood and carry rabies, I thought.\u00a0 Also, they just looked plain creepy to me.\u00a0 When I saw a bat around dusk while I played outside, I would run inside and stay there.<\/p>\n<p>As an adult, I realized that a bat is just a wild friend, not something to feel anxious about. Bats do help me: \u00a0they eat pesky insects that love to bite my sensitive skin.\u00a0 Realizing I do not need to fear them, I began to look around and hope to see bats instead of the bugs that try to bite me constantly.<\/p>\n<p>Then my husband and I moved to a part of the United States that has too many pesky insects.\u00a0 When we moved here, our new friends told us that bats had almost become extinct up here because of a disease called \u201cwhite nose disease\u201d that killed most of them a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>But yesterday we noticed a bat hanging upside down inside one of the storm windows of our sunroom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12050 size-medium\" title=\"Encouragement to value a wild friend on near a river.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/bat-picture-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Encouraging you to value a wild friend on near a river.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/bat-picture-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/bat-picture-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/bat-picture-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/bat-picture.jpg 351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He was trapped and could not find his way out. We unscrewed the storm window and he flew back to his bat friends.<\/p>\n<p>When I saw this bat hanging under our storm window, I did have any thoughts of fear.\u00a0 Instead, I thought, \u201cGreat!\u00a0 Here is a wild friend who can reduce my bug bites!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My thought processes with people are the same as my thought processes about bats.\u00a0 Although at times I feel frustrated with others, I seldom completely write anyone off.\u00a0 Instead, I just put a relationship on the back burner until I can deal with it.\u00a0 I do this because I never know when in the future the relationship might turn out to be positive.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Donna has been a thorn in my side as well as in the side of one of my friends.\u00a0 She has been negative to me and to my friend, but I am not writing her off because someday we might be able to help each other. Who knows?\u00a0 Donna might turn out to be a \u201cwild friend\u201d someday like the bat pictured above.<\/p>\n<p>Just some food for thought on this beautiful summer day.<\/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\/story-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\">Learn from Ben and Jerry.<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/be-a-jerk-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\">Anyone can be a good person.<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/braver-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words-eagle\/\">You are more capable than you think!<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/flat-tire-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\">Ever felt unable to move forward in your life?<\/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>I found a new wild friend hanging around outside our sun room.\u00a0 Want to meet him? 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