by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 29, 2024 | Serendipity
‘Tis the SeasonI love “people watching” at the Oklahoma City Arts Festival. Yes, I go for the art, the food, the music, but “people watching” may be the best part. Over a decade ago, my daughter sang with her honor choir at the Arts Festival. So, I met the bus...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 19, 2024 | Resilience
April 19th On April 19, 1995, I was on the phone with a college bookstore in California when our office building shook and some of the windows blew out. I was working in downtown Oklahoma City. During those first days and weeks, we learned of staggering loss. Everyone...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 12, 2024 | 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 | Apr 6, 2024 | Resilience
3 Questions #3 This is a scalable question. It always applies. What is the next right thing to do? For instance, if you are newly diagnosed with a condition, you might need to acquire more information, start a new therapy and connect with a specialist. Twenty or...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 29, 2024 | Resilience
3 Questions #2 Rather than think of ALL of the things to do, or all of the wrong things to do, ask this question. What is the smart thing to do? You may be surprised with clarity. It seems like such an obvious consideration that you may rarely articulate it in your...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 22, 2024 | Resilience
3 Questions #1 Sometimes this is the most difficult question to answer: What do you want? As you sift through challenges great and small, you attempt to organize the factors involved and the ramifications of making different choices. You consider other people and how...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 15, 2024 | Spiritual Stuff
A Better Way #4 Have you ever found it difficult to extend grace? To receive it? Can you recall a time that you were given unexpected grace and the experience was overwhelming? Perhaps you were the giver and the recipient was overcome with gratitude. Most likely, you...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 8, 2024 | Spiritual Stuff
A Better Way #3 Have you ever considered the growth rings of the cross section of a tree? There, you will find seasons of significant growth and those of very little growth. Typically, the larger rings indicate rainier seasons and the narrow rings indicate dry...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 1, 2024 | Resilience
A Better Way #2 “Love is the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth… Love is as love does. Love is an act of will — namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice....
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 23, 2024 | Resilience
A Better Way #1 “Discipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve life’s problems,” according to M. Scott Peck. He elaborates, “Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth...
