by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 1, 2025 | Resilience
Facing Fears #1 “Fear and courage are not mutually exclusive,” Brene Brown articulates so precisely. You may tend to think that the courageous do not experience fear or that if you have fear, you are not courageous. But, this is not so. The difference comes not from...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Unexpected Paths to Happiness #3 It is so easy to take the path of bitterness and harsh condemnation of others. But, you don’t want that. It might feel good for a vindicating moment, but ultimately it sours your soul. Choose lovingkindness. Counter your...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 20, 2025 | Spiritual Stuff
Unexpected Paths to Happiness #2 Are you here now? Whether you know it or not, you probably spend an alarming amount of your time like this:…playing out future conversations…wishing you were somewhere else…deflecting imagined pushback…longing for a better...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 10, 2025 | Spiritual Stuff
Unexpected Paths to Happiness #1 “Distractions waste our energy; concentration restores it to us,” states Sharon Salzberg. We are living in the midst of the age of distraction. In all of human history, it has never been easier to be distracted. It is so...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 3, 2025 | Serendipity
Fresh Tracks, Fresh Start Laying down the first tracks in the falling snow in our neighborhood several years ago, my son and I savored the moment. No wind. Temperatures relatively mild, hovering right around freezing. The evening was lit up with the blanket of snow...
