! j- M- h; n9 H生命就是小甜饼： 2 j I8 l$ B; I( kOne 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.1 W/ W# O5 o% I' W. ?% k
& D1 _9 A/ U7 [9 q. \$ u4 ]" \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”。8 D L( R) i6 @$ i5 d% {/ h
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 2 w# D! ]& J% o" q1 e; c- p& V0 _! G: t Y3 w$ Y* f: m2 J5 z0 Y
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。5 Q2 l5 \1 i0 R' g& r$ x
" q' A1 @' b1 r( 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. 7 D: P" f1 z" N' Z/ y% z : ?+ l' e, [! O3 I' W, }, q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。! c- l* a8 s Q4 ]/ [- ~
) ^: @$ B, y3 _6 n' ~! UA 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.2 g4 y, ]. V- z7 \1 l1 S/ o; h6 d
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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。 ; O" V# W: |8 h( n5 d4 ?, L2 ^) U3 P; ]3 t
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. , B1 ]5 p$ v- S5 W0 c1 ~% e2 M/ o3 G$ W. K
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。+ {: Y0 Q9 p z+ y5 m
/ D, | w9 U/ Y8 s1 c9 u0 v. `3 T& i% HBut 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. 9 O/ h6 n, F- m3 ], a6 J* h- R- Q. [& f1 ^5 m6 R+ ?1 W8 J
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。# v6 D+ A" c {+ f+ Z# K
' K! a* b8 \1 k1 WThe 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.# L P3 Q5 X1 k; \& D7 I9 R0 x
' i% |* _% |2 |& n+ i" T; k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 E; Y$ M8 i2 h$ O / B! l( l) R& Y* D+ [8 v- CYou 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. ' ^, I; [6 d2 ~9 L6 ^ + i( k+ ~' ?; V! T( n4 Q: Y" C2 v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。 4 S" _/ p3 _) a # m: d8 P4 _$ c& lYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 5 V" x% W, |7 U! F) @" v( h * l. t+ Y( i, S' {$ W8 {; h你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。7 C- W0 U1 \6 c" T1 P
# ?1 b+ `# m, oHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. q [. m9 C1 N/ l3 u1 C( M ; C4 o) i4 L6 o0 W+ D' q7 M/ G4 N. d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。 0 B1 ?3 Y$ F+ a0 ` 0 F( J) Y9 G7 ZFor 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. " 1 A1 l; i- x0 k" p( r4 F( v9 D% ]% `3 g& z' W2 F
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。# w3 V* L9 [0 c' G9 c9 W0 D- Q# N
/ _: I) s5 [1 P; d: k' ITwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.+ H% P8 ]4 n" c: T8 T
$ Y. _/ U* W. Y7 Y& B+ a9 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。 ( M# k* _" W3 U5 ]2 X5 K! H! C8 h. H) K. _. D9 `
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." 2 ]# Q: \3 G! [ P. U: i' J: s5 z1 Q, g" L ! Z# P- U" [" `- c- ]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”。 t4 v* X8 K* u$ k- R 7 ]! P" x/ S, R1 E" m0 l[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html