And because of that, it can feel like these little concessions don't negatively affect my life, my relationship with God or my future marriage.

因为这些事，似乎让人感觉这些小小的让步不会对我的生活，我与上帝的关系或我未来的婚姻有什么消极影响。

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No longer did I feel stuck on atreadmill of emptiness; now my life story read as full, exciting, wondrous—withlimitless possibilities for the future.

我不再感到站在跑步机上的空虚，现在，我的生活充实、兴奋而又奇妙——我相信，未来充满着无限可能。

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I have worked most of my life preserving our heritage so that it can be cherished by future generations.

我一生大部分时光都用于保护遗产，好让子孙后代珍视它们。

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Which of these branches that are available to me, the branches of my life story, which is the one in which the future from here on out ?" holds more pleasure and holds less pain?"

我能得到哪些分支，我的人生故事的分支，从这里起步的哪一种未来,有更多快乐更少痛苦“

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