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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.4 n+ A0 i6 k! D) ]( |; P; L
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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”。 8 A4 x! J. W h' ^0 B0 z$ Z1 y$ `6 _" A) o6 q
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.- G: r* v5 ~9 g+ \
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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。5 O2 e" O# C0 o* x9 j+ R
( _4 G2 d) V% A y8 W1 B, j, r. GSome 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. / J* h1 X3 d/ S% c2 ]% t 9 w: U* ]# i- d% a3 `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。7 U8 J) ]5 a" {! D3 B5 ^
; I0 r" _# ]3 b. ?: e [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. * s; _7 y4 w6 }5 b, |$ X% |6 B ' f( m6 p% A5 \6 ?, H) w& z+ m' V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。8 {% N+ P! h/ u" K1 ]
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When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 6 J" R' h/ B, g( \( h2 k1 {0 ~! ^5 @$ A+ t+ G! j. R/ Y
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。 4 l$ Y! r7 A- [; }' w. j 1 P$ j9 Q y) K$ u' JBut 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.0 K( H# }; A! k* F' S
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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。1 {" @& v5 M% R: [ V3 t5 t
! ~7 w6 ]/ ?6 c$ a$ r3 O2 f) RThe 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. : }+ T5 |$ ]. s6 O3 [6 { ' y' A2 v; E N8 k$ ^; U G' Y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。! L9 S- D/ N& ?) K9 u
" V5 Z, J' y7 Q2 B, @ v# hYou 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. 0 ^5 W' C$ C: _0 g1 O1 ~1 ~/ c2 y( c; Q
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。 G. z# s1 ]& I- w, v " _' O- L _ X+ gYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. * L% ]5 X# U' P2 u+ d& l ; z! x3 _( S% K2 v! D8 K你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。, b3 @$ d/ L, O3 n) n& L
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.$ g, U, D. L$ O( x
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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% h3 R. ~& T5 F3 \% w- r& [' K6 m/ i9 _; m* f
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. "6 H+ p5 U* w8 C7 `
5 s$ N g$ y+ T. Q8 P$ E- D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 a( y5 Y% y1 ]. C! m 1 i7 `, N" F8 p7 g7 nTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.- t/ n& C, E8 z: L% m- |
9 i/ K& W* e1 e3 r“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 % S8 E' `6 _% G8 J: f5 L0 x* L2 ^0 p s
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."/ {% J3 }5 V: u( _
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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”。 6 x" G6 L% b4 t% v" z" s ; N1 T5 o; }; f) l* w! K0 K; T& ?[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html