by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 10, 2023 | Serendipity
Thanksgiving #2 If you have difficulty identifying reasons to be grateful, start small. Look around you. Even the most mundane items can spur a sense of appreciation.On multiple occasions when I am attempting to reframe my thoughts, I look around my backyard and...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 3, 2023 | Serendipity
Thanksgiving #1 The backdoor to gratitude is always unlocked. If you think more in terms of absence than presence, you are well on your way to a contented smile and maybe even a silent chuckle to yourself. What are you glad didn’t happen? What jobs, tasks, or...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 3, 2023 | Resilience
Talking Yourself Into Better Attitude, Belief and Choice #3 You are living with two parallel realities, two parallel truths. Part of your experience in caregiving and living with a difficult condition is frustrating, maddening, depressing, and difficult. But this is...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 27, 2023 | Resilience
Talking Yourself Into Better Attitude, Belief and Choice #2 Will it sink or will it float? David Letterman used this question to test all types of objects for a humorous segment for years on the Late Show. Yes, physics with flair. Some items sank to the bottom, while...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 21, 2023 | Resilience
Talking Yourself Into Better Attitude, Belief and Choice Anyway.When life deals you reason for discouragement, doubt, and delay, and it will, what do you do? Honestly, you probably live with it a little bit. You’re not sure what to do. But at some point, you decide...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 14, 2023 | Resilience
Servant Leadership #2 Keep the mission before you and your team. Remember why you do what you do.When you come back to the point, the purpose, the mission of any endeavor, you bring clarity to the craziness. When you tell the stories that epitomize the point, you...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 7, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Servant Leadership #1 Do you have a “helpfulness bias?” Are you seeking to add value and help others in almost every situation? If so, you probably have influence. Are you able to champion other people? When they pursue a goal, can you truly be happy for them and find...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 1, 2023 | Serendipity
Don’t Delay When good things happen, celebrate! Don’t delay. Life is tough enough and we too easily forget and then, it’s gone. Allow yourself some joy.10 Things to celebrate:1. Good grades, degrees, promotions, new opportunities.2. Wedding...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 22, 2023 | Serendipity
Serendipity #3 Some of the most poignant lessons I have learned seemed to occur on my Meals on Wheels route in Abilene, Texas twenty years ago. For almost a year, the route had remained relatively unchanged. Same people, same faces, same routine. After a hiatus of...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 15, 2023 | Serendipity
Serendipity #2 Feeling somewhat unsettled all day, we went to the opening night of the OKC Symphony as planned for a lovely date night. As these skilled musicians mesmerized a full crowd of 2500 with Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, my agitation remained....
