if we were lost in a forest, i
Page 23 if we were lost in a forest, i.e. the darkness of a problem, or a detail oriented perspective, all we would see is the individual trees, for example, all the things that need to be fixed, and all the things we need to do. We would find ourselves in a dark, complicated, and scary existence. But then, if we suddenly went up by a helicopter, our perspective on the forest might shift. We would see a lush panorama of life and color. We would see the size and scope of this beautiful thing called Forest. We would gain vision of the journey ahead.
— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)
In the book
And write your assumptions down before a decision, so you can check later which ones were true. Gain altitude when you're stuck. When the trees close in, rise above them; step outside your own skin and watch the trouble as a spectator would; and view the wound from the distance of a century, where almost all of it shrinks. To my children, and to theirs: — The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)