You want the neighbors to like you; maybe you’re overreacting. Eventually, you come back to thinking it’s better to say nothing, and this calms your nerves. But just as you drop off to sleep, that darn dog howls again, and your cycle of indecision starts anew. There doesn’t seem to be any choice that will allow you to sleep. Why is it so difficult to decide whether to avoid or to confront? Because at some level we know the truth: If we try to avoid the problem, we’ll feel taken advantage of, our feelings will fester, we’ll wonder why we don’t stick up for ourselves, and we’ll rob the other
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