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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. , G8 z. N4 E* c) Q( @; P7 o- O( q6 M: z$ c6 _. e* o3 ?
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”。 4 p& f/ G' E7 J% [0 ]$ J' k; \5 V5 q( K5 g
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.2 R! ?" U+ [5 g6 j& N
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5 H: o$ O# B7 \, BSome 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." v/ _0 W" h5 r5 d/ Y) L% P& S& m9 E
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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。 % r9 W/ E$ W. Q$ o2 `3 f% k : j' |$ ~6 n% aA 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. # A- _# `: t( n' d& D! s2 I3 `: T6 | V
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。6 l) ]8 |/ d+ T7 T0 v
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When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.. J6 X/ b/ o4 V. b; o
) h. T5 b9 x9 _* y& i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。& I5 J* Q5 I6 G
0 L) c/ I4 m) C6 Q% ]But 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. 8 r/ c" d! V$ n, {4 q5 B # l* L, @/ y$ A0 ?' v) }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。 " ^$ b5 T; [" I6 V 9 l" B3 F4 O- I+ w2 L. HThe 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.8 V7 D1 @ s1 w ^8 E* {! S
4 U7 R* N2 q- \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。% }) c! q' ]9 m( w. N, q. { d
) K) h5 z$ Y' {# J9 i5 oYou 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. K9 G& i# h' O! f4 l2 i 4 `. }1 g# o6 v+ t/ `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。 3 R- P4 Y2 J* q' l8 Z ]$ ]+ F: ?$ M* c* |, ?You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.7 y+ f: Q. l. g. V
" P9 {0 |3 r) Q) R+ H: Y2 o; C你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 ) O4 Q4 O3 @/ p8 j% A: g# i7 |" r. t g: Y/ l5 O
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. . w) m1 @% f' m x5 k9 f4 T# h1 X$ o# X: M& _# R; f; ~
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% C, X3 x3 U- v
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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. " # ^" r! H9 q$ R& o* z5 f! e! K; d# x( s$ l
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。 % }$ |1 [$ `# c( V$ \3 m y* S$ e+ `" } f$ k& P7 b9 w" \/ f; T% ~. A0 y
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. `5 m, w' @6 U _( m$ @' B6 | 1 x: r9 u. i, g9 d7 j“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 ! J( c E: ?( S) \- M" Q/ {) E. }/ [' a+ u+ H* F$ W. ?( m
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." % ^" Q8 l* s F' [ U. z 3 G; J( z( t6 n/ U2 \; ~4 U' g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”。9 e' v5 i1 A/ l" l
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