But his life became more steady after he remarried.

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The idea was you have to do something that has lot more job securities, something that will bring in a steady income.

作为一个穆斯林，你就应该,做一份比较有保障，收入稳定的工作。

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This is really a general idea in psychology that we are in a way wired up to be more sensitive to change than to steady states.

这是心理学上一个普遍的观点,某种意义上,比起稳定状态，我们对变化更敏感。

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