Arkansas Relationship Coach

09/27/2026

09/23/2026

Eeyore: “Pooh, you look worried.”
Pooh: “I am a little worried.”
Eeyore: “About what?”
Pooh: “About things I can’t control.”
Eeyore nodded slowly.
Eeyore: “Ah. Those things.”
Pooh: “You know them too?”
Eeyore: “I have an entire collection.”
Pooh gave a small smile.
Pooh: “I keep thinking that if I worry enough, perhaps I’ll find a way to prevent everything from going wrong.”
Eeyore: “Has it worked?”
Pooh thought for a moment.
Pooh: “Not once.”
Eeyore sighed.
Eeyore: “Worry is very good at making us tired without actually solving anything.”
Pooh: “Then what should we do?”
Eeyore: “Perhaps we should separate the things we can change from the things we cannot.”
Pooh: “And the things we can change?”
Eeyore: “Do something about them.”
Pooh: “And the things we can’t?”
Eeyore looked toward the distance.
Eeyore: “Let them be.”
Pooh was quiet.
Pooh: “That sounds difficult.”
Eeyore: “It is.”
Pooh: “But perhaps we don’t have to solve tomorrow tonight.”
Eeyore smiled.
Eeyore: “Now that sounds sensible.”

So they sat together, allowing the worries to become a little quieter—not because every problem had disappeared, but because neither of them needed to carry the weight of tomorrow all at once.

Because worry often asks you to solve problems that haven’t happened yet. Do what you can today, accept what is outside your control, and give yourself permission to rest. You don’t have to figure out your whole life tonight. Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is take a breath, let go of what you cannot control, and trust yourself to face tomorrow when it arrives. 🌿❤️🍯

09/21/2026

Piglet: “Eeyore… you’ve been very quiet. Are you all right?”

Eeyore: “I’m tired, Piglet. Not the sort of tired that a good night’s sleep fixes.”

Piglet: “The heart kind of tired?”

Eeyore: “Yes. This year I’ve said, ‘I can’t do this anymore’ more times than I care to remember.”

Piglet sat a little closer.

Piglet: “But you did.”

Eeyore: “Somehow.”

Piglet: “Perhaps ‘somehow’ has a name.”

Eeyore looked up at the softly falling snow.

Eeyore: “God?”

Piglet: “Maybe. Perhaps on the days when you thought you had no strength left, His grace was quietly carrying the part of you that couldn’t walk anymore.”

Eeyore: “Funny thing, grace. You don’t always notice it while you’re surviving.”

Piglet: “No. Sometimes you only recognize it afterward, when you look back and wonder how you made it through.”

Eeyore: “So maybe I wasn’t strong all those times.”

Piglet: “Maybe you didn’t have to be.”

Eeyore: “That’s a comforting thought.”

Piglet: “You’re still here, Eeyore. After every difficult day, every tear, every moment you thought you couldn’t continue… you’re still here.”

Eeyore smiled, just a little.

Eeyore: “Then perhaps my greatest strength this year wasn’t that I never fell apart.”

Piglet: “What was it?”

Eeyore: “Trusting that when my strength ran out… God’s grace wouldn’t.”

09/20/2026

In their hearts, humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. (Proverbs 16:9)

Occasionally weep deeply over the life you had hoped would be. Grieve the losses. Then wash your face. Trust God. And embrace the life you have.

09/18/2026

Eeyore: “Pooh, do you ever get tired of hearing about my troubles?”

Pooh: “No, Eeyore. Why would I?”

Eeyore: “Because I seem to have rather a lot of them.”

Pooh: “Perhaps. But when you tell me about them, I don’t think you’re complaining.”

Eeyore: “What do you think I’m doing, then?”

Pooh moved a little closer on the bench.

Pooh: “Trusting me.”

Eeyore looked at him quietly.

Eeyore: “Trusting you?”

Pooh: “Yes. You’re showing me the parts of your heart that you don’t show everyone.”

Eeyore: “But you can’t always fix what’s wrong.”

Pooh: “I don’t think I’m supposed to fix everything.”

Eeyore: “Then what are you supposed to do?”

Pooh: “Listen. Stay. And make sure you don’t feel alone while you’re carrying something heavy.”

Eeyore leaned gently against him.

Eeyore: “So I can tell you when I’m having a difficult day?”

Pooh: “Always. You never have to make your sadness smaller just to make yourself easier to be around.”

Eeyore: “That’s a comforting thing to hear.”

Pooh: “Good. Because sometimes the kindest thing we can say to someone who trusts us with their troubles is simply, ‘I’m here. Tell me.’”

09/17/2026

You don’t have to defend yourself to everyone who misunderstands you. You don’t have to correct every assumption or prove what’s in your heart.

Sometimes the strongest response is to stay quiet, keep walking with God, and trust Him with what others think. He knows the truth. 🤍