- B( R8 y8 G0 |6 Y( m生命就是小甜饼： 7 r0 q( V. e. h& t1 h: g3 _5 vOne 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.4 z' ~) h" C$ ~9 [+ c8 e
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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”。3 P! n! L0 u& ?
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.* B) O2 X1 L5 x6 Q, O* `* H; Q
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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。 $ Z: l/ n! _, @4 |: Z& E ; g& i" \/ r! O" h; L F {' FSome 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 [- @ i1 W& J" m( c" r6 h9 c6 ^# \
) C/ M, p3 T: A. T1 g+ LA 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. 5 y }7 [# I/ g3 ~ ) w: L. ?9 b; i& L3 E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。( s1 h6 }" t4 G7 G9 z
$ o7 U+ \1 ?8 I3 j% p2 T9 k( e" FWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. : Q! x+ |4 J9 [. l * [; E5 A5 \8 C- J o: Y/ F; ]! R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。7 n+ `0 s+ x9 k3 ?9 x& p# r8 U) w. F
& w' H' O0 [4 k- D$ {% P; 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. ; k" `2 n% X" y: C+ K' O2 B( l( ^: u9 p1 i+ w- P
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。+ I; V' Q! ~. e- |$ L1 [
4 e2 V: P4 d) X6 ^& e2 g; Y9 ?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.5 P$ M3 D0 Y2 R0 f" p6 z
; [8 W0 ?. S2 W, b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。 5 a' P) V% @" {* O3 s0 u% c( e5 r4 M2 Z. q' ?
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. , B4 U* K) v4 L2 g$ x* ]& D0 N) G1 D: Q5 |% ]( f0 j9 k
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。8 N! f* r5 r6 i, G: {
8 {/ @4 a2 F" |8 _% jYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 0 C. t2 L& Y% u1 ?; }+ i. J 3 Z* _; v8 W% B0 C _/ ~6 }- `你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 / Y$ H4 B6 D1 W" i4 }2 D1 T & l5 g4 ~$ A: ^. k0 eHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.& t( }+ ^7 U" W; l# D2 W/ K
6 } t$ | h# X5 q- C& P* S9 v) T 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。 % }) K- [0 q! c% x* v; h0 M3 r9 N8 {0 V G
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. "- A0 t$ Q; H5 o! |9 S
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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。 ! R. h' [% x, o$ q/ D. p * q/ }) E) _ Q5 r& \+ jTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.$ ^) d% u# U4 Z6 T+ C1 }
" B: u4 M N, r& G* z' l# I" M“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。. F! }% R& p8 \! ]7 I
O8 l' w, y! U0 u9 V [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 F; g+ f9 S- j: D- t. h) `8 H& i/ ]& ^& }1 Y, u
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”。- \0 b: I7 `, e0 l& Q4 i! c1 s. a