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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. 2 m7 D& B! O& Y6 V8 w 0 v& M2 k% S1 a7 Y% ^9 ]9 Z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”。7 p# c! d/ O. a6 C
. d0 Y" f4 G! V; h3 V6 p2 i0 \, f) \( ~If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. $ D7 ]" C" z5 V/ y% j$ O, C L1 G0 z* V8 A
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。 + m- D1 @+ N- ^1 ~) H- a* h' P/ i, F 9 U7 Q" {0 ?( G$ W6 @" s" l, ISome 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.9 O* y j! H V5 {' n
/ |% @% X0 z) |' 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。( a: ?' A A7 N h, S4 G0 R! d |9 c
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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. / f/ b- }$ e/ ?9 A; ?' j; h8 N' x, z* ^' c' 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。 2 V% S0 o# _$ V! v$ `" w 9 d: W) _7 _6 o; j4 c/ dWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. " R. C4 `+ W( ]7 `" a8 \ Q' C, P( _* ^# E
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。 ( E% x+ }0 `( ?) g9 ^& ^ / F3 ~9 f/ @; M; FBut 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.7 p1 t J- `6 K7 r+ w4 E! 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。 ' G9 U6 v5 O+ P8 E1 u4 }0 ] : t: {' r7 W9 B/ G1 I6 u r2 hThe 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. 9 V1 P6 m, l9 X4 O; \ 4 s8 H6 O0 {' U3 e) P' l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。$ U+ o8 h* U. h2 V
$ j9 t; Q: Q# z7 xYou 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. 6 Y2 y/ p; i0 E/ n: K
/ G/ f0 L7 C9 s: t9 T ~0 l3 AYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.* ^0 o- w3 k5 K. c, K$ s
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 + s' a) y( ~$ ], i3 W' A. D) g , k" L( x9 k' M4 z. J6 X2 kHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. ! k) x% a) {. t& ^) d, u. x5 u$ w! y" P% J. K2 D) o
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。 , l+ y! R% j: I/ r+ `: _1 U. e% L. P4 x/ o0 g% 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. " % b2 G7 t% e5 {; b2 X7 e z. ] , `" P& Z, F/ n) }" u/ _( k2 P( N1 _( x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。 $ H& u, R& Y& Q# z3 L3 `& M; f ! K0 B+ ?3 q* a) Y/ i: ^Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. - t% p; F2 W2 [( d ' T3 O3 D: a1 W& y" c f“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。5 L' k5 b) q/ z3 Y% X) d3 k
3 U0 ?$ n' }; z1 cLife. 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 y I$ ^' {2 N! }. U: V" 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”。5 d8 S( J8 q: m7 ^
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