The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.
Part A:
Read the following paragraph from the text.
...Many of the trivial daily happenings of life are so subtle and so deceiving in their significance that very frequently we do not catch their meaning until long after they have occurred. Then, too late alas! We find that these petty affairs, so infinitesimal by themselves, have by accumulation assumed a most important influence in our lives.
Which of the following best identifies the key concept explained in this paragraph of the text?
A
Daily life takes over our thoughts if we fail to focus on the bigger picture.
B
If we do not pay attention to the decisions we make in everyday life, we will be too late and make poor life decisions.
C
We often do not understand the importance of small things that happen in daily life until they add up to have an impact on us.
D
We do not appreciate the things that happen in our daily lives because we are too busy thinking about the future as well as the past.