Do you ever get the feeling you should call someone – a person you think could help with your business, or a friend you’ve lost touch with, or your grandmother whom you haven’t spoken with in months, or someone you owe an apology to – but, for whatever reason, you never end up making the call?

I’ve spent a lot of time waiting – waiting for people, waiting for permission, waiting for progress, waiting for the right thing to come along, and even waiting for the wrong thing to leave me the heck alone. But I’ve realized waiting is a passive approach to life, not an active one…

Ironically, I’ve been avoiding writing this blog post about avoidance. It’s now Wednesday evening, less than 24 hours before the post goes live, and I’m just beginning to put words on a page. And to be honest, I think I’ve been avoiding writing this post because it feels hard. This is an important topic, but one I don’t find easy to write about because it is something I also struggle with daily…