A million reasons why. Who cares? It's often so much easier to have clarity and perspective on others' situations. How many times has someone given me advice, and I've said to myself, 'Well, duh."
Right? Or "huh, that's an easy solution" when all I can come up with is complicated and messy. Outside perspective is EVERYTHING sometimes. Perhaps that is why detachment is so helpful. Viewing things from a distance may help us help ourselves as if we were viewing it from outside.
