About Solving Problems...

 "We can't see the forest for the trees"

While we are inside the “forest”, we only see the trees that comprise the forest.

This metaphor means... when we need to solve a problem, we should look beyond, to be able to see the causes and consequences of the problem we need to solve.

We cannot see the big picture when we are immersed in details. While we are focused on the details, it is more difficult to see the issue as a whole, because we only see the details that comprise the Issue.