by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 26, 2018 | Serendipity
Unexpected, Long Anticipated Refreshment The occasions in life are rare that you receive or generate a clean slate. The normal proceedings of time seem to create a pileup of baggage, necessary and unnecessary, physical and emotional. Whether due to debt, overwork, or...
by Bruce McIntyre | Dec 14, 2017 | Serendipity
Tap into your capacity to be a conduit for kindness 1. Send notes to your 3 favorite people of all time. 2. Pay for the car behind you in any drive-thru. 3. Put on a traffic cop reflector vest and a whistle and escort the elderly through a crazy parking lot! Okay,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 29, 2017 | Serendipity
To what or to whom might you return? Disillusionment and disorientation happen. They are never comfortable, and usually not expected. When we begin a relationship, start a job, or join a group, we unrealistically expect that everything will always go well. Most things...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 10, 2017 | Serendipity
It’s always sweet to hear from an old friend This past week, I was fortunate to reconnect with several friends in the Nashville area. A lunch, a coffee, and a home visit with different friends stoked the fires of friendship and reminded me how grateful I am for...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 15, 2017 | Serendipity
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Not sure about you, but I am very successful at growing weeds. Why is it that we struggle to nurture the grass, trees, and planted flowers in our yards and gardens, but the weeds seem to thrive best of all? What is the difference...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 15, 2017 | Serendipity
Getting away to play The Gullies easily garnered top honors as the main attraction at my childhood home. We lived on a 110 acre hog farm in West Tennessee. Neighbors dared not lay a foundation or park a trailer any closer than a mile away. Our farm was home to about...