by Bruce McIntyre | May 9, 2014 | Spiritual Stuff
I love the way Ted Leeson, author of the classic book The Habit of Rivers, captures this phenomenon. Someone once asked Ray Charles what the worst part of being blind was; he replied, “Not being able to see.” Some things are pointedly obvious, and...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 29, 2014 | Serendipity
The whole experience seemed to swallow him up. Time went away. His focus narrowed. Distractions wasted their time on him. In the flow, in the moment, he was enjoying a snatch of time immersed in his passion. Fishing. What’s your passion? Teaching?...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 21, 2014 | Spiritual Stuff, Uncategorized
With a belly full of Peruvian delicacies, I strolled the Oklahoma City Arts Festival with my family. Brightly colored blown glass, intricately designed sculptures, and splendid captures of beauty in an array of art forms drew us in. Admiring and wondering at...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 14, 2014 | Resilience
“You have got to be kidding me!” I said once again. In the course of 5 weeks earlier this year, we experienced the following set of unfortunate events: I had another kidney stone (number six in my life). My wife had a gall bladder attack and gall...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 13, 2014 | Resilience
Some of us are strongly driven by feeling, some more so by thought. But, it’s never 100% one or the other. Each day, each week, I have a routine of tasks to do. These make sense in view of my monthly, yearly, and 5 year goals and they jive with my life...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 4, 2014 | Spiritual Stuff
For a moment, I paused. With intention, I filled my nostrils and lungs with the cool, moist air of a Tennessee Spring day. My eyes landed on dogwoods just beginning to bud, red bud trees already splashing the landscape, and the pronounced hint of green on the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 31, 2014 | Resilience
In order to make large changes to improve your life or situation, you may find it most helpful to go upstream and make small changes. What does this mean? Well, think of a creek that floods over the road every time it rains. You could tear up the road and...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 21, 2014 | Serendipity
Writer’s block. Nothing flowing. Energy zapped. Stuck. With the laptop in its appropriately named position, I sat in the chair in the dark in our bedroom. Staring at the screen. Surely I can think of something to write. Nothing. My “then seven year...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 11, 2014 | Resilience
What adversity have you faced in your life? Think for a moment, perhaps back even forty years, of all types of challenges you have faced in your life. It may be that some experiences got the best of you, but I would be very surprised if you hadn’t...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 4, 2014 | Spiritual Stuff
Have you ever fallen into a mental funk? As in, you just keep repeating and rehearsing defeating messages, bad life stories, and discouraging sequences of events? At some point, we are all prone to slip into the habit of bad self talk. But, we must stop it! I...
