{"id":14704,"date":"2018-10-07T00:13:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T02:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=14704"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:23:07","slug":"nightmares-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/nightmares-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Nightmares!"},"content":{"rendered":"

What goes around comes around.\u00a0 Something I did as a child has now come back to haunt me in nightmares.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"near<\/p>\n

When I was a child, my older brother and I walked to school together. On our way home, we used to catch all manner of critters and put them into our lunch boxes.\u00a0 We walked into the house quietly and put our lunch boxes on the kitchen counter.<\/p>\n

Instead of running outside to play right away, we peeked around the corner to watch our babysitter open our lunch boxes. She jumped onto the kitchen table in a single leap from the floor when she saw our little friends in our lunch boxes.\u00a0 After we saw her amazing gymnastic move, we giggled and ran out to play. Truthfully, we did not like our babysitter any more than she liked our critter friends.<\/p>\n

Well, I have not caught critters in over 40 years now.\u00a0 And now I understand why the babysitter jumped onto the kitchen table when she saw our critter friends. Now I fear them too.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, I cleaned the huge house we are selling in two days.\u00a0 To my chagrin, many critters had taken up residence in it\u2014the spiders I fear so much!<\/p>\n

This house had many cobwebs, and I removed each one,
\neven though I now fear the spiders I played with as a naughty child.
\nI refused to acknowledge my fear as I evicted every spider.<\/h4>\n

How did I overcome my fears and complete this huge task alone?<\/p>\n

First, I looked around just one room and made a list of the required tasks. I reminded myself that these spiders could not hurt me and fondly recalled how I placed them in my lunch box with my own hands as a young child. Then I started working to complete each task, the easiest first and the most difficult last.\u00a0 By the time I got to the last few tasks in each room, I was developing confidence that I could do this huge job.<\/p>\n

I sucked the spiders into a vacuum. Some of them I knocked into the floor with a long-handled duster and swept away into the trash. I looked under, behind, and on every piece of furniture, too. And I evicted every critter I found there.<\/p>\n

Well, my fears manifested themselves in my dreams!\u00a0 Last night I had nightmares about spiders!<\/p>\n

Over and over, I kept dreaming that a giant spider had woven a web around me and would not let me go. When I woke up, I had to feel around in the bed to make sure my husband and our two dogs were still next to me instead of a giant spider.<\/p>\n

I suppose my nightmares are great revenge for my babysitter. I am not even sure if my babysitter is still alive.\u00a0 Perhaps I should call her and apologize for torturing her with my critter friends and tell her about my nightmares. She would probably have a good laugh.<\/p>\n

What are the morals of this story?<\/h4>\n

Everything you do comes back to you,
\nso you should always be good to others–
\neven if you do not like them!<\/p>\n

Do you have a big job to do that you do not want to do?
\nYou can do it,
\nif you break it into smaller tasks and do\u00a0the easiest ones first.
\nRemember that an eviction of your fear and lack of confidence
\nis necessary
\nand you must continually remind yourself you can do it.<\/p>\n

I am proud of my eviction of the spiders!<\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

Let the\u00a0encouraging words<\/a>\u00a0in these\u00a0near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a>\u00a0posts help you<\/h4>\n

soar like an\u00a0eagle<\/a>\u00a0above life\u2019s storms.<\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

Yes, overcoming your fear builds your confidence!<\/a><\/h4>\n

Would your life change if you had her spirit?<\/a><\/h4>\n

What does the word fear really mean?<\/a><\/h4>\n

Have\u00a0trouble sleeping at night?<\/a><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

Enjoy BJ\u2019s\u00a0encouraging words<\/a><\/h4>\n

on\u00a0near a river<\/a>!<\/h4>\n

<\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

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