"They are operating under incredibly difficult circumstances right now.

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The question is not so much how we control what happens to us but what do we do when we were faced difficult circumstances, and how we can make spiritual meaning even when difficult things happen to us.

问题不是我们能够掌控多少,而是当我们面对困境,能做些什么，我们怎样体现灵性的意义,即便我们面临困境。

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And perhaps that is pastoral in a way, going back to what you said, that I do think of myself in many ways as doing pastoral counseling, particularly in the most difficult circumstances when there's been a crisis, a death, a serious accident.

也许某种意义上这像是种牧师与受众，回到你刚才说的，很多时候我觉得自己,就是作为一个牧师指导学生，尤其是在极其困难的情况下,比如出现了危机，伤亡，或者严重事故。

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Karroubi's son was savagely beaten. And,I think, under those circumstances, it is going to be very difficult for them to organize a stratagem moving forward."

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

There may be circumstances under which it's the case but it's often difficult to control.

可能在某些环境下可以做到,但是通常情况下很难控制。

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