There are conversations we avoid because we don't know what to say. And then there are conversations we avoid because we know exactly what we want to say. The second kind is often harder. We rehearse the words in our heads. We imagine how the other person might react. We worry about sounding rude, confrontational, insensitive, or simply being misunderstood. So we wait. Tomorrow becomes next week. Next week becomes never. And sometimes silence costs us more than an