. O, s) K5 {4 q! g' i生命就是小甜饼： $ v+ q6 [! c- p; e7 _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., l' f# |- w6 i, u; F
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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”。7 [2 h3 G3 G. ?6 o' p
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. , v \; Z: W+ T8 i% z) G( V( J' A( R
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。 ( {1 w. K# ?1 W h1 } * c( P- J1 C# X$ g( t& dSome 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. 5 ~+ L: W5 L* V. @2 Y0 d) t& ?" E9 o" n( s
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。 % |3 X) s! {! @/ R' q# g1 `4 `" ?: s& }( p) Z
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.7 w# j+ Q3 e) v$ [) [
$ N8 i' c8 c: M! N1 ^When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.3 u+ p& i% [ \# s1 k
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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。8 y$ D& V: W9 ?/ y$ x! b
% \# d W& t N5 w6 {# z1 bBut 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. . w% p) f) R* j& S4 G( c! H+ r# J# ~9 i. }
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。 . C1 N5 K1 W2 I/ \ a' s ]% e, h. o
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., F4 b2 f; e2 Y8 h$ }1 ^1 g" E
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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。 4 v/ O* y2 T* X( T& F9 g& l, k9 r& R9 Y
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. 4 Y5 C/ ^. u. n5 t) |; ~2 K# G$ }1 {: i: s: }
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。 ! f5 H. i! m: S; v$ k+ l7 c/ d+ a) Y& k7 H1 A6 w
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.( L0 ]) }; m% e6 o- h" m) Z
3 g/ A+ u6 X3 \ L, M你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 / M( U8 U0 S A1 a 4 C) A. T/ A$ l! R$ d( }3 gHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.2 R$ C8 [5 a* Z' O5 ]
# `; H) z& y- K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。 # n: C4 G5 f8 x% `0 S1 y 5 ]8 b7 i# o1 e) z- w! TFor 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. " # s9 h( l, B l& O/ G 0 F8 p$ a" |. C4 r+ c6 E0 t8 w& c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。 3 i: |2 w5 k2 f Y0 j( E8 Z # U8 T2 l3 i" V' ETwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. - C! Q8 a1 J. z p6 V7 X) v3 |& ? `4 ?
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 ( H/ B' l) q! [/ s3 U * B- J) M: Z3 qLife. 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." u4 A) u: B5 B/ l5 k& X
0 R) ?6 k5 c, A7 w9 G* W$ `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”。6 _( ^. B# W" O, r! Z
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