Measure Twice

From the Dark Mansion Tarot, the Knight of Pentacles; from Miss Mai's Victorian Oracle, Telescope:

Where you stand determines what you see and what you do not see; it determines also the angle you see it from; a change in where you stand changes everything.

―Steve de Shazer

Both the Knight of Pentacles and the Telescope suggest a change in our perspective. Rather than just being in a hurry to get things done, it is important for us to see the lay of the land. We take a wide perspective, seeing all that is about us, not just where we happen to be standing. We see different angles and associations, including how things are interconnected. We take a long perspective, considering not just possibilities, but how our actions might impact the future in negative ways. As the saying goes, "measure twice, cut once."