Well, my crazy, weird friends, you are gloried and loved by the creator just as our Jesus was gloried and loved. And the prayer continues with Jesus asking that we be able to behold his glory that was given to him in love from the very foundation. And the prayer asks that we be with Jesus where Jesus is. Doesn't sound like he is going away to me. I have made known to them your name, and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Admiration alone is a weak and inimical thing.
Imitation is more important, but the prayer takes us beyond imitation. Jesus is more than a model to be imitated. What Jesus wants of us, and what I believe his prayer is asking, is that we undergo his presence so as to enter into a community of life and celebration with him. She reported seeing ghosts and scary people in her room. Knowing, of course, that her daughter had been dreaming, mother soothed her and took her back to her room.