by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 19, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Limits #1 Acknowledging and setting limits can be very useful. It is often a sign of wisdom, earned through hard knocks or less-than-ideal results. Over a lifetime, you may learn to observe limits in eating, drinking, spending, working, and any area in which excess...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 31, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
20 Seconds #1 If you are feeling angst, stress and anxiety, take 20 seconds to do this exercise. If you feel fine, take 20 seconds to do this exercise and see what happens.Take a deep breath. In through the nose, out through the mouth.Take another deep...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 10, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Compassion #3 What if one word could change your mind? What if your whole posture toward a person, a job, or a task could be improved by adopting a new key word that resets your expectations? Try this. Tap the brakes on the rumble of thoughts between your ears, and...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 3, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Compassion #2 Past the fear, past the anger,Past the words, theirs and mine,I see this one person. Beyond conservative, liberal or confused,Beyond the horror, expressed in good ways and bad,I see into the eyes of this one person. More than color or clothing style,More...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 27, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Compassion #1 After a week of long days and a complete sense of exhaustion, the news of a flight delay was not welcome. I walked every end of Chicago’s Midway airport on this long layover searching for a quiet spot. Coming up empty, I settled for a space that...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 13, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Creating Forward Momentum #4 What are you expecting from yourself? Too much? Not enough? If you have unduly burdensome expectations for yourself, you will live in a constant state of guilt and failure. This is no good. However, if you expect very little from yourself,...
