by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 18, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Receiving Peace #2 Whether you consider yourself religious or not, caregiving and chronic illness soon leads you into inherently spiritual terrain. These scenarios are frustrating. They make us mad and sad; and they prompt us to cuss and pray. Everyone experiences...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 3, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Receiving Peace #1 Whether or not you consider yourself religious, the experience of adversity soon leads you into inherently spiritual terrain. Like most of you, I do not wake up every morning with the proverbial bluebirds of joy and serenity on my shoulder. They...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 21, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Moments That Open Your Heart #1 Guarded. Tough. Skeptical. For survival purposes, you may have gotten very good at putting up a strong exterior. So much comes your way that it seems necessary. No blame. Most of us do this, especially as we travel through adversity,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 26, 2022 | Spiritual Stuff
Going Deeper #2 Accept or deny? Our facial expression, body language, words, and attention communicate to people whether we accept them or deny them. Think of the 5 people you spend the most time being around. These are probably family members and perhaps some...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 2, 2022 | Spiritual Stuff
Simplicity #2 Pursuing simplicity is not simple. Life fills up with too much far too easily. Think of the desk drawer that quickly gathers all sorts of odds and ends, or that one drawer where all of the cords go never to be the right cord again. Email and phone...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 25, 2022 | Spiritual Stuff
Simplicity #1 Do you have days that seem like a whirlwind? Teetering on two wheels, out of control, fast moving days, when it seems difficult to focus and accomplish anything intentionally? Perhaps some of these ideas will help: 1. Turn your email off. Only open...
