{"id":17745,"date":"2019-12-21T08:58:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T13:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=17745"},"modified":"2025-10-12T21:56:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T01:56:34","slug":"to-the-ones-near-a-river-bj-rae-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/to-the-ones-near-a-river-bj-rae-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"To The Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you know any “ones<\/a>” who might need to hear this?\u00a0 If so, please share it!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

To the Ones<\/h4>\n

By James Engstrand<\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

This is for the ones who have pushed me to the ground.<\/p>\n

Who have beaten me.<\/p>\n

Who have used me.<\/p>\n

That I was lost and couldn\u2019t be found.<\/p>\n

This is for the ones who have called me so many names,<\/p>\n

Such as loser,<\/p>\n

A nothing.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t feel the same<\/p>\n

And my mind was telling me,<\/p>\n

\u201cEnd it all in one day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The brutal words that I\u2019ve heard.<\/p>\n

Couldn\u2019t even dare to say,<\/p>\n

But a repeat of a pronoun,<\/p>\n

A word I hear every day,<\/p>\n

Is the word \u201cY-O-U\u201d that I can easily say.<\/p>\n

When being called those names<\/p>\n

And being pushed to the ground.<\/p>\n

You can get lost but you can be found.<\/p>\n

The words I\u2019ve heard I once thought were true,<\/p>\n

But one word stands out to me, and that\u2019s \u201cY-O-U\u201d.<\/p>\n

I looked in the mirror and simply said this,<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not a loser, you\u2019re a winner at this.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not a nothing, you have a gift!\u201d<\/p>\n

And I say that to myself every day that I live.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I may never forget but I will always forgive.<\/p>\n

So I say thank you to the ones who have pushed me to the ground.<\/p>\n

Who have beaten me.<\/p>\n

Who have used me.<\/p>\n

I now know what I\u2019ve found.<\/p>\n

Thank you to to the ones who have called me so many names.<\/p>\n

I am a winner.<\/p>\n

A something.<\/p>\n

And I will take it to the grave.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Don’t listen to the “ones” in your life!\u00a0 If you look inside yourself, you will find that you, too, have a gift.<\/p>\n

This holiday season, never forget that you are a winner! NEVER GIVE UP!<\/p>\n

Happy holidays to everyone, <\/em><\/h4>\n

especially those who don’t feel joy during the holidays!<\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

Let the\u00a0encouraging words in these\u00a0posts help you<\/h4>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

It’s not too late…<\/a><\/h4>\n

A post about a promise.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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