(Click on text to expand) I have never been a confrontational person. I avoid it at all costs and feel afraid if I even sense it heading my way. There are many reasons for this. While I am aware of them, my default choice is to be passive instead of talking about a hard subject. I am working on it, but I still have a long way to go. Recently I had the opportunity to do this differently. A friend let me know that I had done something that hurt her deeply and she wanted to talk about it....

(Click on text to expand) So many times in life we ponder the question of whether we should stay in a situation or head out. It could be a relationship, a friendship or a job. It could be a commitment to a cause or a committee. It could be an ongoing position of leadership or an expected attendance at a recurring event. So many of these things are a gift to have in life and can be embraced to the fullest, but sometimes, the time has come to enact a hard stop. This can be so hard as we may...