Cause and symptom

Our high-paced life and need for quick fixes invariably focuses us on the symptom instead of looking for the cause. It's often true that it's a lot easier to spot a symptom and patch it up than spend sufficient time to isolate the real reason behind a problem and round up strategies and solutions to address its root cause. This means more work in the immediate term, but a perhaps lasting solution for the long term.

The bottom line is that when something wrong surfaces, we need to place it in a proper context, make sure it's standing on its own or if it happens to be just the tip of some huge iceberg, we need to carefully examine its immersed portion; it's probably what deserves all the attention. Issues are never what they appear to be and solutions can take roads that no one expected!