b) L8 e' a# z: }$ s( h生命就是小甜饼： 4 m. b1 e2 I1 [1 TOne 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.. e9 D8 ^3 i* D# A
' U* j ^1 L" ^9 k: C7 y6 |/ o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”。 1 }8 m$ J% k& O- n3 s [, k 9 K! ~6 N3 ]/ b, }% J; PIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. ' R5 V2 ~" Z$ N& ^" `- c L ; K! Z0 L8 v- G* n1 i# h, E: E w6 p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。; j$ s7 f- J2 `7 G7 W+ f
9 E v4 x" `+ Q( cSome 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 x- }$ x: v. t / `3 _% X$ U, w8 z7 D6 a; d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。 ) b4 G$ e2 ]0 f3 w# i . J) ~, v$ Z# ?$ xA 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.# T5 T7 c" M5 I9 v; z
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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。1 m0 c4 X- X. o' \/ `
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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., z ~4 `0 ~% w9 ]( h+ ]" Q
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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。& y: U' [. c' S+ N5 k. g: h) ?
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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.. j8 {5 Z/ y/ x `( B" L# w& V
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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。7 F% g3 A4 \ A' d0 \* i; o
B$ ~( n& b& j& p3 E- [4 H$ DYou 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 R9 Y, b2 J& u u+ ^& r# m, O6 u( W/ c9 C% {
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。$ `" z$ c; s6 X' P+ S% Y
, {, a! W0 E: p7 \* C( }2 g* jYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. " u1 ?& |9 m+ G" E9 w E7 g; q3 K( \: {
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。" R* Q8 ^7 \9 |/ y
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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。 - j8 F5 V, m! o , t' y! X/ |3 F! B! E. G1 {7 DFor 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. " 4 c/ C% s l9 t- V7 B+ K( z# p& v/ E2 l( D8 S) j( R
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。& ^3 M# e' [/ V2 g
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“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 * [- g. j# c1 H4 @$ x& N* j' a6 H
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."8 m6 Q( u" r/ \ y$ C, L
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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”。 }, i' D* F; b' a; h/ u9 J
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