In this reflection we face what we have been circling.
There is something you need to say. To someone. About something. You have been avoiding it for days, weeks, maybe longer. Finding reasons to postpone. Convincing yourself the timing is not right. Hoping it will somehow resolve itself without you having to bring it up.
It will not resolve itself. It never does.
The conversation you are avoiding is costing you. In mental energy spent rehearsing it. In anxiety every time you see the person. In the slow erosion of a relationship that cannot heal what has not been named. Avoidance is not free. It compounds with interest.
You know what you need to say. You have probably scripted it a hundred times in your head. The fear is not about finding the words. The fear is about what happens after you say them. The response. The conflict. The possibility that things will change in ways you cannot control.
But things are already changing. The longer you avoid, the bigger the thing becomes. The more resentment builds. The more assumptions fill the silence. By not having the conversation, you are having a different kind of conversation. One where nothing gets resolved and everything gets worse.
It will not go perfectly. Difficult conversations rarely do. There will probably be discomfort. Maybe conflict. Maybe things will feel worse before they feel better. But at least they will be moving.
Have the conversation. Not because it will be easy. Because avoiding it is harder in the long run.
You already know what you need to say. Now say it.