by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 22, 2023 | Serendipity
New Adventures Summer Sightings #3 In the 6th inning, they packed it up. Their 8-month-old baby had done well at his first AAA Dodgers baseball game. But, these young parents would not be seeing the end of the game. Still, they had embarked on a grand, new experience...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 15, 2023 | Serendipity
Summer Sightings #2 She dropped her ice cream.Three-year-old reasoning ensued. Mom was busy with the baby in the stroller, her back turned. The dog was quick to act, swooping in to start licking the dropped ice cream.Still no crying, just thinking. From my seat inside...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 7, 2023 | Serendipity
Summer Sightings #1 At 85 years old, he drives a convertible and smiles a lot. He is one of my favorite people with Parkinson’s. In his career, he managed and led hundreds of people in a multi-state regional area, which surely entailed significant stress. These...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 2, 2023 | Resilience
Freedom of Discipline #3 Today, here are ten tips for better discipline that are helping me and will hopefully be useful to you. 1. A little bit of something is better than a whole lot of nothing. 2. Said another way, doing a little bit of what you don’t feel like...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 24, 2023 | Resilience
Disappointment with Discipline Freedom of Discipline #2 Disappointment is perhaps one of the most common experiences related to the notion of discipline and self-control. You start a diet, an exercise program, or some other worthy habit only to fall off the proverbial...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 17, 2023 | Resilience
Freedom of Discipline #1 No one may notice, but you will know. When you do that difficult thing or complete that life giving habit, you can smile, knowing that you have done the right thing though it may go unseen. One of the common denominators of success in any area...
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 20, 2023 | Resilience
Creating Forward Momentum #5 What are the 5 moves that could take you to your goal or beyond a significant hurdle? David wants to get his story into a book form. He has talked about it for decades, but now it’s time to take action. However, the task seems...
