0 b2 q7 Y I; p6 x! N生命就是小甜饼： 4 s2 V+ A* }% |4 U3 T; e6 X5 i' aOne of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way. Happiness was "having the cookie." If you had the cookie, things were good. R( k P9 x: w' X/ w; W5 L; ?0 K% Q; C
我有一位病人，他是一个成功的商人，告诉我，在他患癌症之前，凡事如果没有确定下来他就忧心忡忡。对他而言，幸福是“拥有小甜饼”。 & ?: d" c* m( {* h " f: x, U3 S( ?If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. & `& F% h5 L( t! ?" u/ T& C( N" R 5 Q L& C4 A0 q) Q2 ~) o如果你拥有了小甜饼，一切都一帆风顺。如果你没有小甜饼，生活就一文不值。 * p; A# ?! ?- B; J6 }* T6 A5 ]8 E/ ^/ @1 m3 T! Y
Some of the time it was money, sometimes power, sometimes sex. At other times, it was the new car, the biggest contract, the most prestigious address.* Q. u& u0 p4 B$ c* e" {1 j0 ^
0 Y5 u% W/ W5 h6 y不幸的是，小甜饼总是不断变换着，有时是金钱，有时是权力，有时是欲望。在其他时候，它是一辆新车、一份数额最大的合同、或者一个享有声望的通讯地址。 0 j ~; a+ X ^) A0 x( n- z ' {% G5 Y8 F% |& w, W, Y% k# GA year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate cancer he sits shaking his head ruefully. "It's like I stopped learning how to live after I was a kid.# c$ f# O) Q w* G( ~
3 d$ Y1 T$ c, e- C1 R$ J在他被诊断出患有前列腺癌的一年半之后，他坐在那里，悲天悯人地摇着头，说：“长大以后，我好像就不知道怎样生活了。 / |% I+ d/ c' l2 f % S2 T& `& g6 V( O0 ]$ h# TWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy., |* I# D+ i4 } W
, a& z9 v* E+ o) B当我给我儿子一个小甜饼时，他心花怒放。如果我拿走甜饼或者是小甜饼碎了，他就闷闷不乐。 / v' c x7 P& Q$ ?8 e+ q+ ` ; O4 y& O$ \, P4 }$ NBut he is two and a half and I am forty-three. It's taken me this long to understand that the cookie will never make me happy for long.7 i3 r" ?9 L% a3 d* y$ ^
2 ~5 _: d8 k3 N不同的是，他只有两岁半，而我已经 43 了。我花了这么长的时间才明白小甜饼并不能使我长久感到幸福。( _% ]. U9 V+ ~( U" k
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从你拥有小甜饼的那一刻，它就开始破碎，或者你就开始担心它会破碎，抑或你开始担心别人拿走它。 5 d; B5 p" V v" P - V n+ P: J8 J) ~You know, you have to give up a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be sure that no one takes it away from you. ! J! H5 N# Q S- S
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为了守护你的小甜饼，为了防止它破碎或者确定别人不会从你手中夺走它，你不得不放弃许多东西。5 R: ^* T/ i8 X4 P" `
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 3 q9 E# o. g( A% M" d) [5 n9 f, O 9 Q! a) Q& Z! M; m+ f* cHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.( Z1 n& i3 h+ f3 T& ^8 y8 M
/ L: \& g" N. |' ^拥有小甜饼并不是生活的全部内容。”我的病人笑着说癌症已经改变了他。 7 @) l5 }0 K& ?% d0 q5 B, v " `+ L, @! E) E1 ]9 M5 zFor the first time he is happy. No matter if his business is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. "( x+ c1 Q8 h7 F; {' b5 _# p
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不论他的生意是否一帆风顺，不论他在打高尔夫球时是输是赢，他有生以来第一次感到幸福。5 V% a0 u0 W# L, c! G
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Life. Life any way you can have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to do with the cookie; it has to do with being alive. Before, who made the time?" He pauses thoughtfully. "Damn, I guess life is the cookie." 0 X% a/ H0 ^0 g% ~/ O# H: w x# R; e* A( C* R
生命。生命，无论如何你拥有生命。有小甜饼也罢，没有小甜饼也罢，幸福与小甜饼并非息息相关，而是与生命的存在有关。可是，时光一去不复返，谁又能让时光倒流呢?”他停顿了一下，若有所思，说：“该死，我觉得生命就是那块小甜饼”。* T* P$ o$ H" L* V
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