" P) f7 D4 R8 ?6 B# U生命就是小甜饼：' |# u* P1 l3 q* ]: J
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.$ `9 N$ K" r0 C9 \0 o
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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”。 ) U; r$ \" Z# A& A5 T $ A o3 x+ _! J/ z1 u. vIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 3 ?3 a9 p) D1 N ! v* v% U" C5 y$ 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。& }6 j' k3 F5 ^/ o" O0 o3 p0 N
# B* i3 { x7 a3 JSome 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. ( t0 X9 a) ?2 S `' J% U# M c% o% m+ E: [# Y
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。 * h9 k* g/ s7 H ) R6 K' S# }6 B: K% {1 q* FA 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. 3 z$ g5 a Z( W4 }* ]6 A3 b4 U# v+ }9 p. x
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。6 t1 T* } W) S2 {) t/ H9 H
, k2 {+ J: ^' ]3 L! p$ R) Z! d( zWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.. u/ W% S8 M0 X
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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。 2 ~( O) p W: V2 I% E( _$ g/ }& q/ f. m( R
But 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.+ n O6 {9 ?- {4 T
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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。* {/ I& A1 o/ g; e/ n5 e N
( Q. V( g: b! D" u+ f2 m4 k& pThe 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.: R* K# ?- j% o% r2 z2 Z
! s4 V6 }& R! c# o; _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。 i( c" S, P! g7 H3 | ) R# j( s8 Q2 \9 [1 NYou 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. 2 Z- s" t% X4 v9 \8 F
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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。 . r% Y5 @: R! f z + V* t5 o5 c: i- X JYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 3 F! l6 V2 |) U/ c4 { N2 N9 F( n. E9 c" S! ]1 Y7 Z# W8 E2 d$ D, ?7 n
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 1 u8 W9 c" U7 M) D0 f% H1 h! Z9 J) ]* W6 h8 a s: R( F2 T& e- b
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 3 f% E% Q1 O9 X$ r7 C |7 q" O& z) J, T4 e I2 F
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。7 ?: ^6 F# L7 N
/ g* E5 n7 w, C" j. cFor 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. "+ {0 d# @# g3 q% ^
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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。* S! T: v$ p. G: g) N! G
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. / P6 b4 W. G1 a$ z6 C" Z- ]8 S; A: o% r% J
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。: q# f( q: M- A7 o% ~
) M2 t# H6 X9 V0 b: SLife. 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." . N$ H( c+ `: \' j( c: j$ t& b" }& s3 O7 f& i9 X9 F2 T6 N
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”。+ k% f/ G5 y* `! {% u2 k( u
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