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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. 8 C9 N& T0 J) ?6 ?$ X 4 u) }1 R8 H8 C. U" Y6 [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 n' o( j$ h, Y* e1 k. K# T0 p 2 m2 j, a! w6 z$ x2 \' hIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.9 }8 E7 T/ ^% U& o, x
. f8 A' V2 G1 ?% ?& o" x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。& {& U- L2 G0 `7 B `# ]2 Z
$ J0 k& Y( R0 t5 y8 QSome 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. 7 {0 d7 l T3 L* _ 1 H% h, C$ T$ V/ V5 G, V1 r" ?; C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。 % U9 Q7 ~3 g& B& A 7 V, g7 \% Y6 Y L4 b2 G2 ?' Y YA 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. + b9 u0 b# E% ^. X) |2 X3 i- A 5 T) n' g" y/ G/ Y" f0 I4 G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。 7 [8 s/ f c. x L7 |2 F- W5 U# v6 f% u6 Y% R6 }
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.- Q* S0 Q/ d; D, _
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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。 ( I7 _, C' \( ~4 y+ d , C8 y+ t8 |: dBut 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. , q5 B6 e- q7 u4 b7 }7 b: _. ? 7 v C. o- x" R8 t0 c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。 . w& j4 Y: U' l4 \: b S4 z" Q# D8 [! e- X- W5 m
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. & D$ v. x' ~5 x# N, ]; y# l, Y0 J2 |7 ?9 ?, ~: O
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。 M7 m6 L, _1 h8 R" N1 W. t' ^
$ k" R0 B* `/ k/ |5 Y0 ]. 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. 1 r% e8 r; F1 M I- X/ d0 u$ [
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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。 6 D+ y# M5 s0 S( R& J# w7 v( g" k$ G! j; P, ^" r# F- M& d5 }
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.# ?9 H! H. ^6 F u2 s
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. & p3 n* ~- A3 g% ^# }( J% E0 E$ [3 Z0 o
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。# o3 V5 {! s1 r6 w( P
8 ]# \3 f8 p- r, ]8 L6 lFor 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. " }* a/ L' b C! \1 C
/ f7 x! J0 v5 C/ V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。 8 q4 I/ l6 O2 C: W: K* u5 n i* y( D4 U. B4 I7 C7 vTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 0 d- } b; U0 u( C$ ?# X , k. m1 a+ \+ h/ I- A“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。0 ^) w4 c; Z# G2 ?$ Y$ f9 F
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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."6 E1 B" G/ m* Q: ~2 ` I: i8 w