If you're a homeowner, you already knew it was only a matter of time for yours, but you've resisted admitting it, even as erosion callously attacked, starting with your savings.

如果你是一个房屋的所有者，你就算已经知道对它的所有权不过只是时间长短而已，就算腐蚀作用已经无情地袭击了它，可你就是不愿意承认这点，而是动用积蓄修复它。

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What could you not accept, if you but knew that everything that happens, all events, past, present and to come, are gently planned by One Whose only purpose is your good?

你一旦知道了，过去、现在及未来所发生的每一件事，都是一心只为你好的上主安详地计划出来的，你怎么可能拒而不受？

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It might be challenging, you may not like it, but if we knew that we only had to change our eating habits for 3 months to impact our physical health for the rest of our lives, would we do it?

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