The holiday season is here. It is an exciting time, but it can also be stressful. So let me put this out there. If you have family members or friends who do not get along, STAY OUT OF IT! It is not your business. Please do not lecture anyone and list reasons why they should make amends. The phrase: “Life is too short” is overused and will not make a difference. And most important, do not try to score points for one of them and make smart remarks to the other. You will make the situation worse. When emotions are high and feelings have been hurt, it adds more fuel to the fire. It also makes you look like a troublemaker. Especially if someone knows the other is gossiping about them. You may think one person is right and the other wrong, but you do not know the whole story. Even if you think you do, you don’t. And you cannot pick and chose friends for others, or decide who should be in their life. You can only make that choice for yourself. People have to work out their differences on their own. Or sometimes, not at all.