by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 23, 2019 | Serendipity
Children Hold the Keys Have you encountered a child recently? Have you noticed how most younger children engage life wide-eyed, undaunted, and full of wonder and delight? However, most of us take hits as we go along. Thus, we begin to fear, doubt, and believe the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 23, 2019 | Serendipity
People Who Make You Smile #3 Several years ago, Jack called our office. He sounded gruff. Said he had never been to any of our programs and he hoped the one on that day would be good. So did I. When he arrived, I discovered that he wasn’t gruff at all. Rather,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 23, 2019 | Serendipity
People Who Make You Smile #2 About a month ago, I was enjoying an early morning breakfast at a French bakery in Santa Fe, NM. As I enjoyed a cafe au lait and crepes, I looked around the cafe. Five men, all in their 40’s-70’s, likely on vacation, catching...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 26, 2019 | Serendipity
People Who Make You Smile #1 For 18 years he battled Parkinson’s disease. With the tenacity of a marathoner (which he was for many years), he didn’t give up. He sang in our Parkinson’s choir, came to LOUD Crowd® for group voice therapy, and lived an...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 26, 2019 | Spiritual Stuff
Better Questions #4 There are moments you don’t want to miss. And in the midst of busyness, stress, and preoccupation, you do well to ask this question in a different light to engage those moments that matter. What time is it? -The birth of a child. This is a...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 14, 2019 | Spiritual Stuff
Better Questions #3 Change. You, like most people, probably enjoy the good changes and resist the uncomfortable ones. When navigating difficult decisions as things are changing, try reframing with this question: What time is it? For instance… *During an unsustainably...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 14, 2019 | Spiritual Stuff
Better Questions #2 Is this habit worth continuing? Is this a good group to be associated with? Is this the right…whatever? If any part of your life experience gives you pause, ask this question: Does this make me a better person? Asking and pondering this question...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 14, 2019 | Spiritual Stuff
Better Questions #1 Swept up in the forces around us at any given season of life, you may find that a return to this question helps stabilize and prioritize your world. What is a good day? Whether balancing too many demands, managing a life-threatening illness, or...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 23, 2019 | Serendipity
Unlikely Moments of Hope #3 They talked about this goal in their twenties. They worked on it through their thirties. They rarely spoke of it in their forties. But in their fifties, it happened. As financial obligations diminished and savings compounded, they finally...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 17, 2019 | Spiritual Stuff
Unlikely moments of hope #2 Yes. It is easy to find the problems, the inconsistencies, the holes in the arguments. Yes. It is easy to find flaws in people and it is easy to locate reasons that all hope should be lost. Like most of us, you have probably been trained...
