9 X# q; Y: U2 @$ m生命就是小甜饼： 4 g( P E" ~4 h8 z0 R$ wOne 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. d3 u' m8 B6 C; `3 A" F( p
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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”。/ t) G1 I+ h# i4 }3 i
2 ~3 N- N ~6 a7 h" @& g* EIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 1 x* o6 y/ [' }. i h/ I 6 h R! s' H, U- t2 V' E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。 \+ }2 ?9 {1 y% }5 Y* \8 x: e2 @' T n; y4 k3 W
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 Y+ @& }8 U; v; l3 O" J5 m
3 h- h& d; n3 ]0 ?9 L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。6 W8 `: E, K ^. j, p" Y7 X( o( t
f4 m4 C1 e1 |! N6 OA 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. * ^' D6 i3 K* ?; S3 O9 Q3 d- Y / X3 r) [% I c5 Z2 d5 x4 n; ^5 I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。 $ y, p& d& ~5 d# q. s9 C" |' y: i }, l5 V8 O
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 4 i6 r' u1 s0 l' n" A ' O6 i9 w$ C% s5 V) u5 g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 Q6 i4 W( U% ~8 _4 M' J2 C" k! U/ J3 l( f
But 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. J2 ^, [* y$ _7 {+ f
2 q5 @2 O6 i7 |1 V. }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。 3 J; Y. v( ~, L- I( N# N) x8 U/ I7 U2 P" b! g
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." u1 f1 ^5 V) u5 v: g5 d
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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。' ]* Z. | j8 A4 o4 C
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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. 8 E9 g' }0 j1 ]( Q; i ) _0 s2 ^' l0 D. B4 c8 [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 v* @/ B& c% j/ X3 T( c/ b. R 3 e# [6 Y/ O( H$ e+ Q# ?, CYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 0 K' ^5 w8 d) r( ` x2 C9 _ 2 B2 M: Q" o- h你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。6 A% C+ E5 o) A3 b) G( B" I
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 2 |! Z) E5 ]* [$ _7 z( b, |! I" d6 j+ x+ O# \& C' o$ f" F% f' T 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。 7 \" r7 G& N/ u/ N7 @' t: C$ A7 n# P6 P, `9 d
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. " 3 z% r8 ~) k- p1 u- P9 s2 v4 U7 r5 U6 Z
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。. i7 J* r8 S7 [* s$ O
4 g9 @3 t, ?9 |: y2 B1 |Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. 6 O# q r# u) r8 p 9 K, I! {1 V9 o0 z/ ~2 U“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。, Q8 K, ^6 H4 k q& k
2 ^" _6 N W' ^" wLife. 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.") Q9 R3 ?; l$ X) \# W$ e