FERS Medical Retirement from the OPM: Who we are
The “I”, of course, always dominates; but the two cannot be separated, for they are inevitably interlinked and intertwined in the consciousness of our collective selves. And so the “we” is subsumed by the “I”, and the “I” cannot effectively be distinguished from the “we”. Who we are is inextricably aggregated with who I am; who I am is a product of who we are. […]