by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 23, 2013 | Spiritual Stuff
Who are you comparing yourself to these days? Are you living by your own standards of success and excellence, or are you living with perpetual guilt for failing to achieve unrealistic goals? For many of us, the tendency to measure ourselves against perfection and to...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 18, 2013 | Resilience
Have you ever listened to your inner dialogue? Your self talk? Those almost subconscious messages you send yourself? Some are probably helpful; some probably not. “Save 10% and give 10%.” Good message. “I get up, get out, and get going.”...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 16, 2013 | Spiritual Stuff
My wife and I have been to the Grand Ole Opry three times over the years. While we are not especially big country music fans, it is an impressive show. And we have found the same dynamics in play with each visit. 1. The stars we are familiar with typically delight the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 16, 2013 | Resilience
(excerpted from Brene Brown, Daring Greatly) It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 31, 2013 | Spiritual Stuff
With my energy and spiritual reserves running low, I knew that some time on one of my favorite trails would refill my tank. Last week, my feet finally hit the trail around Lake Placid at Chickasaw State Park near Henderson, Tennessee. At about 5:55 a.m., no one was...
