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,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 24, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Places #1 Do you have places that help you create calm? Places that prompt better thought and perspective?When I visit my family in Tennessee, I look forward to at least one morning meandering along the trails around Lake Placid at Chickasaw State Park near Henderson,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 17, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Examinations #2 In what area of your life do you need less? In what ways do you need more? For instance, when I take time to hike a state park trail, I often think that I need to do this more. Engulfed in the smells of moist earth, oxygen-rich trees and morning mist,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 25, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
New Book! Receiving Peace #4 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. No, you may not feel like it at the moment. I found this exercise hard to receive...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 25, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
New Book! Receiving Peace #3 Relational Spirituality suggests that strengthening one’s relatedness to other people and to other sources of interest beyond self interest produces joy and vitality. To be sure, not all people produce this effect. But long-term isolation...
