Don’t Be Afraid

by Ray Waters | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog Post, Growth

  “Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.”                       Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist  I read a few years ago that babies are born with two innate fears. They are afraid of falling and they are afraid...

Understanding Where Others Are Coming From

by Ray Waters | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog Post, Growth

Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within the other being’s frame of reference. I believe empathy has become a lost art in our society. Very few people try to actually put themselves in another person’s shoes...

Minor Adjustments Needed

by Ray Waters | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog Post, Growth

As a little boy I was taught before crossing the street to look left, then right, then left. I taught the same lesson to my children when they were little. Look left, look right then look left again. It works. It makes sense. It saves lives. It is true … if you live...

Shake It Off

by Ray Waters | Oct 7, 2016 | Blog Post, Growth

Recently my wife and I enjoyed a lovely lunch at a barbecue restaurant with my mom and stepdad. He is 80 and my mom is 72. They are both in good health and are very active. The waitress who served us was unusually pretty and kind. When we were getting ready to leave I...

Seasons

by Ray Waters | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog Post, Growth

This weekend my wife and I drove in my convertible with the top down up to the North Georgia mountains. It was wonderful. It’s been an incredibly hot and long summer, but this weekend there was the first hint of coolness in the air. The leaves haven’t started...

Mastering The Tightrope

by Ray Waters | Sep 21, 2016 | Blog Post, Growth

The best things in life don’t usually “just happen.”  Oh, I guess there are those occasional serendipitous moments that surprise us with pure delight, but that is the exception, not the rule. Mostly things stay the same or get worse without intentionality. Work/Life...