by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 15, 2013 | Spiritual Stuff
Today holds all types of possibilities. Today, you may choose to rest, forgive, agitate, frustrate, love, work, ignore, create, inspire, teach, comfort, or more. Today, you do not know what good or bad may happen. You may be in the vicinity of beautiful moments...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 28, 2013 | Resilience
You can… Finish the project, endure the meeting, and get up again tomorrow. You can… Complete the therapy, stick to your new routine, and enter a new era. You can… Face your debts, start the snowball, and march toward financial freedom. You...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 19, 2013 | Resilience
Each week they ambled into the church building intent on doing good. All of them were over 70. None of them were boring. Most churches have a group of older ladies who assemble regularly to fold bulletins, prepare children’s class materials, and gossip. Such...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 19, 2013 | Resilience
He watches every penny and generates extra income because they will be debt free. She will not quit until she finishes this degree…no excuses this time. He works two jobs so his children grow up in a better neighborhood. She grits her teeth through the pain of...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 18, 2013 | Serendipity
A picture taken almost 40 years ago, captures me laughing with my great uncle and rubbing his bald head. Little did I know that it was contagious! After 90 years of vibrant living, he recently died. He proclaimed himself a “simple man.” He preferred less...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 17, 2013 | Serendipity
The cold air had numbed my face. Dry grass crunched underneath my step. Perfect conditions for a morning of reflection. With the Washita River down to a trickle, I ambled slowly around the Washita National Battleground near Cheyenne, Oklahoma, considering the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 16, 2013 | Caregiving
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 of unwelcome or challenging...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 15, 2013 | Caregiving
On January 6, 1838, Samuel Morse’s new invention of the telegraph was first displayed. Not long after that, the telegraph replaced the short lived but highly romantic Pony Express. Of course, the telegraph would be replaced by phones. Then, faxes, email,...