What’s the real problem here?

This morning I was reflecting on how easy it is to point to one thing, a specific instance, a behaviour, a person, or force as being “the problem”. But when you ask why, how, and go deeper, it’s often something else. Something broader. Sometimes it’s a weird dynamic of things. Potentially something more complex.

Going deeper might seem too hard. But staying on the surface can turn into a Sisyphean task. A misdirection of attention and effort. We’ve all had the experience of this, where just as one fire is extinguished another one pops up. Like the myth of the Hydra beast with…