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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. ) M7 _1 v! x; H1 ?3 t/ d8 J- b6 I 4 f0 a( E# [! |6 w$ Q2 Y; U# |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”。6 ]$ J5 r/ k" v, s0 n" {; i
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. ! \+ c- l9 J% m$ o8 u9 T% J; ~0 K# A1 w3 T
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。 ! w1 {% \8 h y; O! H& R7 Q* x% B# {: t: u9 @
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." k' B8 }- x9 R; q) x( |* o
0 A( X5 f/ ^3 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。 $ Y- l, z: X. v/ J0 N 6 b: O8 ~: e& ?8 J \9 g1 q/ @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., z$ c; w. f" e( K$ r6 f" n. N
7 C. y* w! N4 z) y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。: z" j- u- m' [6 V' g1 g6 Z
3 |) s# |- |4 V2 j' OWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.7 G7 N. v! {4 C o7 `& {- ]3 q7 a
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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。& N# Q- f! z1 f! H; [* Z
+ K3 a0 _" D5 ]% {* r) H1 d( |8 p8 qBut 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 U6 F Z7 ^* n2 J
8 Q( ? l$ w9 t) ?, L/ J/ ]6 AThe 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 R1 ^' g( h1 }# X' L7 Z( Z
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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。 : l4 Q' q& o2 t4 v4 s4 S! V9 B7 w
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. 5 ~$ ^* D. s3 H/ s9 O9 Q
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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。 ( m: c- F+ }" \& h: {2 M, Q 4 f* L, C L( k$ u$ }7 Q' [3 aYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. ! }; n. C& ^& p- @3 R7 m% H: A* U. x) h7 B3 W5 c! q& {& q
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 7 [/ o( b% L8 Q! R9 J8 y. ^" N1 t% S9 P, J
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. & R3 L( B+ ?* H4 e w+ g3 i; }0 t, x1 x
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。 8 o1 P1 b$ Q. `( U- W8 U+ a" x7 E+ \
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. "2 K7 [7 E3 j' I9 {( {+ |
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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。 6 C! R% m5 h* r1 Q , w& S( A4 i) F0 GTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 1 N$ b0 k4 I: K+ @6 z 5 p6 j, F+ a) r7 o“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。- Y6 @% ?: k; Z; n8 |5 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."! K9 K! k0 F# R z
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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”。 ; V, z: W2 n' D1 Z: T- U) W1 s( J" ?, p* T) r( W1 D! w1 M
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