by Bruce McIntyre | May 15, 2017 | Serendipity
Getting away to play The Gullies easily garnered top honors as the main attraction at my childhood home. We lived on a 110 acre hog farm in West Tennessee. Neighbors dared not lay a foundation or park a trailer any closer than a mile away. Our farm was home to about...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 29, 2017 | Spiritual Stuff
How are you a conduit for good? In what ways are you generous? Have you ever considered that generosity flows through multiple avenues? Allow me to share four areas that may allow your generous intentions to shine through: 1. Time. When we give of our time to listen,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 24, 2017 | 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 | Apr 14, 2017 | Resilience
Fixed thinking vs. Growth thinking Be very quiet. Listen carefully. To yourself. Sometimes, you may hear yourself tell yourself about the way it will never be, the things you could never do, the problems you will never overcome. Difficult circumstances may have...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 10, 2017 | Resilience
Procrastination Does Not Make a Good Friend She had accumulated a massive collection of shoulds, oughts, and one-of-these-days. The collection was not an asset. Rather, it had become a debilitating burden. In a moment of spiritual desperation, she prayed, “What...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 3, 2017 | Resilience
Tackle your problems with determination Some tasks, some goals, some dreams seem so distant and complex that we assume they are out of reach. But as I heard from one of my favorite authors and entrepreneurs, Chris Guillebeau, recently, everything is figure-out-able....
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 27, 2017 | Spiritual Stuff
Where is your place? Surrounded on all sides by other farms, the only way in is by a field road along the property line of two of them. These 84 acres have been in my family for over 120 years. I have never lived on this land, but my ancestors have. I may never be a...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 19, 2017 | Spiritual Stuff
Settling into Renewal After a long day, mind frazzled, body exhausted, where do you ease into rest? Perhaps your “chair” is actually a sofa, couch, or bed. But many of us have a sacred space for renewal. I bought my leather recliner in 2002, the year my...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 19, 2017 | Serendipity
Beyond normal expectations With exuberance, enthusiasm, and a touch of light-hearted humor, he greets each customer. Helping them with their postal needs, his energy is contagious. And even a bit baffling. It’s the post office. This is not exciting work. But, he makes...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 6, 2017 | Spiritual Stuff
An Unlikely Source of Energy Fears. We all have them. Fears of… Starting the conversation Tackling the project Making the call Admitting the problem So what do you do? Meet your fear with love. Seriously. Think about your fear. Then smother it with love. Taking...
