All Become One
I yelled to my children as I made my way toward them from the kitchen, “Guys, come on over here and help me out,” but they weren’t paying attention to what I was saying. When Mike tried to explain the issue to his friend, he told him, “It’s time for you to do it; you’ve been seeing me do it for a while; now it’s your turn.”
Mike was referring to the fact that his friend had been observing him perform the action for some time. “Due to the fact that they were aware of how crucial this event was to me, I get the impression that they felt bad for me and made an effort to console me in some way. They were aware of how very significant this mattered to me.”