One event that happens after another event often represents a similar order of events in real life, so look for a parallel series of events, thoughts, decisions, feelings, or other things in your past (especially your recent past).
The order of people or things can represent real or perceived priority, importance, ranking, or good will (as in one person standing behind another in a queue, or letting someone else proceed through a doorway first).
See Also: Before, Time Passing, Chasing, Following a Procedure, Future, Following a Path, Result, Following(Trailing Behind)
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