If at once you don’t succeed, try again. Obviously even I master pronunciation, spelling correctly takes focused effort. Yet, my book of the week is 219 pages of research that proves the definition of that word. Some connections operating at the same time can control a variety of happenings in life, from meshing with that amazing best friend, to assuring a successful auction, to successfully directing the decision of a jury. How this happens is explained in variable degrees of understanding for me in Why W-E Click by Kate Murphy, a friend of a friend. Though the psychological terms for some research conducted over years to define interpersonal synchrony did not find a place in my vocabulary, around me were examples I truly understood.
An accolade of the time is to be a BFF, which all teenagers immediately translate and cherish. Not everyone enters this sacred portal. Evidently, within 30 seconds of meeting a person, one notices clues that affirm a special closeness will develop while in the same time you would leave a different person to refresh a drink you don’t need at the table across the room. A grown son has shared the tug to his heart as he has learned this week of the fatal illness of a 12 year canine companion. This particular dog has an affinity to recognize needs of those around her. When I visit, I am the oldest and weakest, and she always places herself between me and any possible harm.
One of the most amazing togetherness bonds develops when a group presents itself as one: a military unit or a dance group. However, even they can reach out beyond themselves. I was at a local chamber orchestra concert last week. Before the orchestra began the performance of Dvorak’s From the New World symphony, the conductor asked the orchestra to sing unaccompanied the theme from the Largo movement, a short melody that has been given the words “Going Home.” Then he turned and requested a re-singing of “Going Home” by all in the room. Age and training notwithstanding, a palatable feeling of we are one encompassed the concert hall. The above mentioned book has a summary on p. 15 defining this moment: “We are a species that has evolved to synchronize physiologically, emotionally, and behaviorally; and we find it immensely pleasurable when it occurs.”
Encourage one another. Build one another up. I Thessalonians 5:11
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