$ t0 O% O4 e8 |生命就是小甜饼： 6 J& [" ^5 A3 z" J: pOne 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.5 f5 w) p; V P: C1 b( q: f
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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”。 0 @, }. H' }5 v4 F$ d5 i* Y% H' Z* b: C. \/ P5 ]& Z/ ~6 b
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 9 q3 a/ b- ^$ Z8 _' Y% r! q( t9 ]; F4 w) k; u9 H( u
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。# C' V9 H5 p; \. m
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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. 2 r s% k0 y, J % ^% w* e5 a; n# [2 u$ T; G7 ^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。' j' y. K: J! s4 }6 b7 ^. ]
; d* N1 \; r% I0 s. W' eA 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.$ o' F& U3 q0 W) r. J" y. D. Z$ c3 m
3 q$ s2 k3 J% T. x' B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。 & b, z% n( _' D+ q3 g8 A! {0 M- O' o2 D: d5 |4 k& u! {
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.$ {" {6 `+ j* Q$ Z/ \
1 e2 x2 }$ S) y J$ i% J! j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。 ) I$ `$ h9 r# t; g % o# }- S( w- `: tBut 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. 6 a' e; J- Y. b. F7 Y : }4 W x% o. s% l& M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。 # n" T7 s% I, A4 G' I* T7 s8 S4 _ # l( J0 }- ]( g* BThe 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.$ `: O% A8 j) O* l+ D/ Y
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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。 8 b. _( ?7 g$ A K8 x' E5 n- C( h
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. / i3 y8 W& ~9 h; J3 s ! r' I+ w+ w) s# p# e6 n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。 Q" O9 n4 e/ x, v) f9 a% I m
, b0 @ q* g/ j* Y8 l+ O& n8 ~You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. % w5 q/ m7 ^7 e+ r/ q3 K- p % J3 [9 B; q; t3 l/ I1 x( [0 ~) t你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。7 o- P6 O) @9 p+ n3 A7 s
: N$ j' L! I( K3 G7 FHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.- |# T, N! V0 v$ m: g& {% p. w% T
! v. G0 Y7 b) N8 ?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。 & t2 Y. m- E& O' m5 @9 [! S ) p' T5 d0 g5 n5 mFor 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. "* m. Y& o1 f9 Y1 a. V) N
1 }4 f! U2 H4 v. E X. s8 O+ t+ o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。$ y$ i# h9 ~( p9 v$ _( j9 X A* y
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.0 s/ O( ]7 b* Y4 U1 f3 U5 W: r5 @0 q
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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。 2 \7 ?" z7 [6 u K# P5 h$ F5 @6 V) v5 q5 P0 R. E1 v9 r+ `
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." - }$ |0 e- u$ b' ^" y/ F$ j' p' l4 D
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”。 2 e- Z+ R3 `4 @" ~ 6 D6 }9 W4 P8 p( ?: D[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html