She meant that unlike what some of you think, I’m not into self-denial. I do buy nice things for myself.

她的意思是，并不是像你们想象的那样我是个对自己苛刻的人，我也买好东西。

youdao

I realized this recently; a simple truth that has changed how I think about myself and what I do every day; a simple truth that has become the first and greatest of my personal commandments.

我最近意识到这一点，一个简单的事实就是我每天该怎么做怎么思考？如何实现我最初原始的理想？

youdao

I think of myself, what if I die tomorrow, I have a lot of things to do, too.

我想要了自己，如果我明天死去，我也有很多事情要去做。

youdao

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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