by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 7, 2016 | Resilience
When it finally happens Just about the time she felt like giving up, it happened. After many failed job interviews and hopes for promotion, the call came. The very job she had prayed for and visualized for years came open, and it arrived in the form of an offer, not...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 2, 2016 | Resilience
6 Practical Ideas Rattled. From time to time, we get rattled. Excessive pressure at work, busyness that overwhelms, or the general craziness of life may cause this uneasy sensation. We all get rattled sometimes, and we would like to become unrattled. I suspect it is...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 26, 2016 | Spiritual Stuff
Cleansing on purpose Stepping into the crisp morning air, my lungs filled with purity. An exquisitely placed medley of flowers drew me in with rich purples, deep reds, and life seemingly dripping from the petals. As my friendly Uber driver eased me into downtown...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 16, 2016 | Resilience
How intentional second looks can help We frame all situations for the good or the bad. We can also reframe the same situation. The components of the situation remain, as parallel truths often in a paradoxical position. What does this look like? Reframing goes...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 9, 2016 | Spiritual Stuff
You can make a difference Stop. Watch. Listen. If you do, attuning yourself to the people around you, you will gather a profound sense of the need people have for encouragement. Sometimes, I do this exercise in a grocery store, Target, or other such crowd. I pray the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 6, 2016 | Serendipity
Especially when it’s funny *Note: This blog entry originally ran in August of 2011, but it’s worth sharing again! Travelling back from a pleasant hike at Robbers Cave in Wilburton, Oklahoma, I chose to avoid the interstate. Instead, I drove through little...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 25, 2016 | Caregiving
Love Story Part Two You can click here to read last week’s blog, She Caught My Eye, which is part one of this two part blog/weekly inspiration. Anyway, as lovely as she is on the inside and the outside, she got sick. Pretty bad. Dermatomyositis. The first three...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 19, 2016 | Caregiving
Love Story Part One I had been on campus about two weeks. As a transfer student, I had a fairly good idea of what it meant for me to be successful on a small college campus. I had also seen and dated a lot of girls. Most were very similar as far as I was concerned....
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 12, 2016 | Resilience
The Surprise Reward of Small Steps Success almost always comes after taking many, many small steps in the right direction. But occasionally, those small steps morph into an unexpected leap and bound forward. At times, the leap and the bound are only recognized in...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 5, 2016 | Resilience
A reminder for tough mornings Early in the morning hours, Awakened by fears and anxiety, About the people and processes and purposes Of which I am attempting to manage and control… I rise. With a head full of doubt, And a heart full of worry, I lean in to the rhythms...
