We are not paid for our attention span, but rewarded for it with yet more distractions and demands on our time.

我们付出的注意广度并没有报酬，收获的只是更多分散注意力的因素和消耗的时间的需求。

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But with busy work schedules, family responsibilities and other demands in our day-to-day lives, it can be challenging to find time for a regular practice.

但由于忙碌的工作安排，家庭义务和日常生活中的其它事务，我们很少有时间进行固定规律的默想。

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But in fact the spirit of our demands have been another, and that is relevant to the demands for understanding our survival and the situation of the spirit.

但实际上我们的精神一直都有另外一种要求，那就是有关对我们的生存与精神处境的深化与理解的要求。

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That's why, in my plan, I add two active-duty divisions to the United States Army, not for Iraq, but for our general demands across the globe.

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