by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 15, 2021 | Spiritual Stuff
Exercises for enhancement #2 What has made the good times so sweet? Inevitably, you will think of the location, the people, the circumstances. For instance, perhaps you spent a week in the mountains and your children were glad to be there and the weather was perfect....
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 15, 2021 | Spiritual Stuff
Exercises for enhancement #1 If you find yourself growing bitter or crusty, start doing a weekly compassion reflection. It’s a game-changer. It happens. I know. The blinders of your own challenges keep you focused on your own problems and soon it is difficult to...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 14, 2021 | Spiritual Stuff
For this day Today, you have enough. Enough love, enough energy, enough courage to get to the end of the day and manage everything that comes your way, at least for today. The Bible tells the story of the Israelites in the wilderness after escaping Egyptian rule. They...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 14, 2021 | Spiritual Stuff
Adjustments 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...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 16, 2021 | Spiritual Stuff
Outside Observations #3Hip deep in the cold current of the Lower Illinois River just below Tenkiller Dam near the thriving metropolis of Gore, Oklahoma, I imbibe a full breath of crisp air. I see them. Two rainbow trout loitering in a small eddy just beneath the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 4, 2021 | Spiritual Stuff
Outside Observations #132 degrees. 5:00am. January 1, 2021. Winds dying down. The last remnants of a fresh snowfall flit about in the air.As I place the morning’s first footprints in the new fallen snow, I am struck by at least 3 virtues of snow:1. Snow reflects...
