There Is So Much More To See
This morning, as I walked on the beach, I came across a woman drawing a heart in the sand and filling it with shells. It was beautiful and I was so focused on it as I walked by that I hadn’t noticed that the woman’s cell phone was laying on the sand, close to the heart. I almost stepped on it (luckily I didn’t). Had I stepped back even a little bit to take in the bigger picture, I surely would have seen the phone.
Positions are like that. Sometimes we’re so focused on our positions that we fail to see the other person’s perspective. Or other options. Or solutions. We don’t see the big picture. If we just step back from our positions, even a little bit, there is so much more to see.
About the Author
Carolann Mazza
Florida Family Law Attorney (The Florida Bar, admitted 2001) · Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator (certified 2011, No. 25475F) · Super Lawyers, Family Law, 2022–2026
Carolann Mazza is the founder of Carolann Mazza, P.A., a non-litigation family law firm she opened in Fort Lauderdale in 2003. Practicing family law in Florida since 2001 and admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1997, she resolves divorce and family conflicts exclusively through Collaborative Divorce, mediation, and out-of-court settlement — keeping families out of court while preserving relationships, dignity, and children’s wellbeing. She serves Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade counties.