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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. 1 u1 X; ]- k% m' ~( i5 Z0 f- c; q9 @* C) J
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”。+ ^9 }. n5 R/ H+ @' N2 C" g
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.4 w: F& u5 g$ L' t9 U* {+ K
! ]) u7 y- ~; v4 L ^5 N0 aSome 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.- U! i% e9 Y% _9 C7 E7 Z3 m: y
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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。 + y& b" V+ C6 r3 g/ s+ P( F8 L: W* V# O: d( o6 H# e/ J& P! [
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.: }: X2 F3 n- c$ E" v* l
: z7 s! E0 Y- 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。- C7 q! t- P, j9 W$ r7 r' Q5 n
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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. 1 ~% S ^. A% ]6 c, ]3 v) f0 c+ m" z; Q- S* c
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。$ s8 x# p* n% O
2 [: T! k( ^$ D/ o0 U! k ]1 R' q' oBut 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. i0 P2 n1 N' ?4 t! [9 O' G7 L7 {) T2 K o
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。( g1 K1 d. X$ k4 R( o$ g
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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.& _5 @% s! ~* e
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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。 3 b6 o7 k+ [ r, o8 H- ^2 Y. b 6 Y9 V( S4 L3 J9 K( G$ r5 C* m- OYou 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. ( D; {- [3 t0 w0 P% F7 m# O% Q# s u0 ~+ }' p3 @
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。 L% p# a; c* R* B$ j' ?6 J
% O* `, `5 t8 C/ qYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.' X/ b( L* U4 w4 O/ [) x
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. & P2 S- Z1 i% K3 q9 f % v% d1 u$ M; w% h" e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。& Q+ W7 A) \; R$ c2 w& n, E
: D% }4 r; w% b7 G& oFor 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. " ( p: W8 E3 V& s/ _+ I- b; l5 Z* S" K5 L
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。 E7 @; }7 ~1 v ; a5 C+ e4 S; E7 [Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. + U k* O- {8 U+ f3 N! f5 n. k: | % V# T2 K! Q9 @( b- }+ i& a“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 1 o% U) F& p! X/ a# ?1 c2 I/ \8 B; @' K/ V0 f, B F: ], g, o. D! F
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." ) g+ F" E; c% ?1 G+ T+ u" V) d/ A! T, i. a+ i
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”。 3 u3 c1 t6 [4 O) Q) `, O6 t. c& h8 g ' N3 P- _" g4 T) W) n8 d[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html