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One 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. 3 ~. k7 C0 o' D; Y6 E" V2 ?+ l1 N: e5 Q. n6 B2 a
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”。 ) T$ p) \9 k. n% c9 V ( a! M0 e- s3 @9 @$ G& ZIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.+ |9 X5 M3 b Z5 q& E$ }/ L
" H2 ]$ b" O; a8 G1 B2 V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。 * Z+ d( E. J7 E' V & h& O1 N) I6 c( d& ySome 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.( p" Q+ G1 W8 r5 S
/ H. W* H, S5 e2 n! B$ 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。2 X& [2 o" n* p' {) `
" m; G( O& J, |) n8 ]A 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.* _0 M6 R; R4 f3 i. U
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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。 ) H. @. b2 [- I4 D. E' W ! m9 h0 c8 p* A$ D) GWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. e7 N- i: c0 @( I4 M% y
7 v2 p5 r$ D0 M; [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。3 g, T7 X1 X) C5 K: \' i8 y
5 w. W. w9 X+ }* o% PBut 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. ! w5 Y1 H+ i0 w6 Z/ L6 h; m6 Z ' }% a" n# e# P! l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。 6 }; }9 q/ P7 {( p9 e& g7 E. ^& B$ R+ I( t8 f
The minute you have the cookie it starts to crumble or you start to worry about it crumbling or about someone trying to take it away from you. 9 U5 [5 Y @& ~ E' ]& k0 D- V" e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。9 ^4 U4 R! I1 l3 R
, Q& k; E+ h( \9 bYou 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. " H0 d, Z9 ?' v. {4 K& C0 T! d: O9 O7 R) _0 D
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 ^& n1 K& i7 I6 d G2 S+ O
5 G/ X4 B+ z% x1 F8 _" OYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.6 p, ^: e$ b0 Z2 K( H. n
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.* ]' s6 t& i5 ?
0 A5 ]1 A2 v; S: ~6 L) J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。 # J# H6 E; x. x+ i( D0 g5 E! X2 n; n; S: \+ h" _# y: Q' \2 W
For 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. " ' e$ O5 w/ y: U% W1 u4 Z4 J- I " u3 ~5 {# o* Z6 [4 h0 y$ G' p6 p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。$ U. ^5 S4 D/ u8 P; i( P
2 A- p0 P1 p) b1 KTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.! D" [6 T h8 l# n- T; R
9 X! z* a9 ^, o# _# _. B“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 3 k. }; w& m1 r r4 k, l " i. [% ^; P+ m# l8 mLife. 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.", J0 b- H# ]* |1 M6 E