I walked out my back door and was surprised to find our yard rutted by a large piece of excavation equipment. Lot lines on our pie shaped lot had confused the contractor building a house next door. I was annoyed and was ready to convey that to the contractor who messed up our lawn. However, he wasn’t trying to make me mad…

Four friends meet for a G League basketball game in a midsized city none had visited before. Arriving via different routes to the arena, they share their impressions of the town.

Your manager is agitated and wants to know who is accountable for a major customer’s order being late again. You sense her anxiety arises from having to report the problem to her boss, and when she says accountability, she really means looking for someone to blame.

Leave baggage behind and enjoy the day.

You are gathering to create today’s joy, not reenact a civil war battle. Don’t assume every past uncomfortable moment will occur at your event. Thinking like that will be so uptight you’ll be the one starting the first argument. Spend time thinking about…

You agreed to meet each other at the restaurant at seven, but now it’s seven-fifteen and you’re still waiting in the rain outside. For the fiftieth time, you glance through the door into the dining room…

You are doing whatever passes for being productive in your job. Out your peripheral vision you see your boss, Pat, on a path to your workplace. Your apprehension is confirmed when Pat starts yelling…