by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 19, 2022 | Serendipity
Going Deeper Gratitude tends to be transactional. Thank you for…the gift, the help, the donation. Appreciation is the entirely appropriate response for the more immediate and tangible graces and kindnesses that come our way. You are probably pretty good at the first...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 12, 2022 | Caregiving
Tools for Caregivers (and other people too) #2November is National Family Caregivers Month When someone you love struggles with a chronic condition, where do you start? The following tips from the Cleveland Clinic form a solid initial approach: 1. Give yourself a...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 5, 2022 | Caregiving
Tools for Caregivers (and other people too) #1November is National Family Caregivers MonthUnknown and often unnoticed, you are a hero nonetheless.For your love, sacrificial, is God at his best.You walk by faith in the darkness of the great unknown,And your courage,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 22, 2022 | Serendipity
Jolts of Nature #2 Following an arduous journey from Oklahoma, we settled in for our first full day on the beach at Tybee Island, Georgia a few years ago. Our teens couldn’t wait to get down to the water and play in the waves. Kathy and I...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 15, 2022 | Serendipity
Jolts of Nature #1 Easing out of the hotel room with stealthy silence, I attempted not to wake my wife and children. No one stirred as I dressed and gathered my things. Everything unfolded according to plan until my departure. Unfortunately, hotel doors have all been...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 8, 2022 | Resilience
Activating Happiness #3 As it turns out, happiness is an inside job. It’s mostly in your head. Distractions, frustrations, and adversarial posturing may sometimes dominate your thoughts. But, you are not doomed to these. If you find your world to be overly loud,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 1, 2022 | Resilience
Activating Happiness #2In a world in which we can know far too much about other people (or at least the slice they share or portray on social media), I find this observation from Martin Seligman especially helpful. “Authentic happiness derives from raising...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 24, 2022 | Resilience
Activating Happiness #1 Not so long ago, I went for a walk in the woods and came face to face with a disturbing, yet liberating moment of clarity. I realized that I had been experiencing much more burden and grumpiness, and much less happiness than I wanted. Much more...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 16, 2022 | Serendipity
People to Admire #3 He is always the first one to arrive. Every week. He sits in his car until an appropriate time to come in for LOUD Crowd. Parkinson’s disease has been his unwelcome companion for years. Among other symptoms, it negatively affects his speech...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 10, 2022 | Serendipity
People to Admire #2 Earlier this summer, my 20 year old daughter and I climbed Guadalupe, the high point in Texas. Granted, 8751 feet places this peak at only the 14th highest high point in a U.S. state with Denali in Alaska taking the prize at 20,310 feet....
