by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 11, 2023 | Serendipity
Serendipity #1 Traveling across the western states to take my son to college at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), we stopped in Flagstaff, AZ. Having never been to this lovely mountain town, we looked up the best rated pizza place and eased our way...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 2, 2023 | Caregiving
Learned Habits for Tough Times Sometimes the thing that is changing is beyond your control. Quite often, in fact. Nevertheless, we easily get stuck fighting reality when the past is in the past. Therefore, it is helpful to remember that YOU control YOU. In the midst...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 31, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Limits #2 Limits may not always be set in stone. Often, they move; they are dynamic and pose opportunities for breakthroughs.If you follow any stocks, you may be quite familiar with the support and resistance lines. These lines are always moving, but stocks tend to...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 19, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Limits #1 Acknowledging and setting limits can be very useful. It is often a sign of wisdom, earned through hard knocks or less-than-ideal results. Over a lifetime, you may learn to observe limits in eating, drinking, spending, working, and any area in which excess...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 11, 2023 | Resilience
20 Seconds #3 Sometimes, all it takes is a mere 20 seconds for you to realize that your life has changed….You got the job!…She said yes!…It’s a girl!…He died last night….You have cancer….We’re empty...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 4, 2023 | Resilience
20 Seconds #2 “You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.”― Benjamin Mee, We Bought a ZooI love this quote. At times,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 31, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
20 Seconds #1 If you are feeling angst, stress and anxiety, take 20 seconds to do this exercise. If you feel fine, take 20 seconds to do this exercise and see what happens.Take a deep breath. In through the nose, out through the mouth.Take another deep...
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...
