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...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 24, 2017 | Spiritual Stuff
Emails from the Past Today, I cleaned out some of my email inboxes. It was as if I were opening a time capsule. I suppose in some ways, I was. Most poignant were emails from three friends, now deceased. These were difficult to delete, and in fact, I saved some of...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 21, 2017 | Serendipity
-Excerpt from my new book, Thrive Anyway Kathy and I awoke on the first day of the 2014 Myositis National Conference in Reno, Nevada to find hundreds of hot air balloons outside our hotel window. Unexpected Blessing #1. On a whim three days later, we rented an...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 21, 2017 | Resilience
Life Lessons from Super Bowl LI Down 28-3 in the 3rd quarter, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots rattled off 31 unlikely points to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28. Expecting good entertainment from the commercials and the halftime show, I received unexpected life...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 5, 2017 | Spiritual Stuff
Taking a look at your retroactive bucket list You are always headed there from here. With at least some latent sense of angst, you are resolving a current problem or pursuing a future dream by moving towards a there. Along your journey of multiple heres and theres,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 27, 2017 | Serendipity
Who sings your song? On occasion, I do funerals. And when I do, I have a few goals, but one of them is this. To sing that person’s song. Not literally, but to tell the stories and draw out the traits that reflect their better tone of life. Moving back to the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 22, 2017 | Caregiving
One river, two games Only 200 yards down the trail, our children (ages 12 and 14) opted off the trail. They jumped from rock to rock, scampering along the edge of Beaver Creek. One moved quickly, the other a bit more cautiously, but both with the enthusiasm and...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jan 13, 2017 | 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...
