Daily Prompt: The Trees In The Forest

May 9, 2013 by TammyeHoney 8 Comments

Daily Prompt: Landscape

by michelle w. on May 9, 2013

When you gaze out your window — real or figurative — do you see the forest first, or the trees?

Looking Out My Window

I see the trees in the forest. I see the entire package and then take a step back to enjoy it’s beauty. Does that make me different? Does that give me good peripheral vision? I decided to seek advice on the statement to see if I am off base on this one or if I am in the ballpark.

When people use the phrase ‘can’t see the forest for the trees’ – it means that people are losing themselves in the details (trees) that you forget the larger picture or vision (forest). This phrase is very commonly used in business. Some people get so stuck in the details that the details become the overwhelming focus that sometimes leads towards a different solution such that you forget the original vision. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_Seeing_the_forest_through_the_trees_means

Perhaps it is the Libra in me that makes me stop and weigh it all out.

Here is what some other Daily Prompt Writers had to say today:

So that is 37 different views of what the acorn is doing in that forest…happy reading

Tammye Honey

Author: TammyeHoney

I am about Blogging various information. If you check, I have several sites. Everything from food to funny with a few product lines in between. I am a Daily Prompt Blogger and an A-Z prompt blogger as well. Thank you for checking out my site. I hope you enjoy. I started this for cooking and my corn allergy and then it grew...