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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. ) V0 [9 R4 t1 ?2 K' p+ i6 J( J/ m* ?/ l Q
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”。 / K. z$ [+ _/ c1 h& f Q/ l+ U3 T. D( V- }0 }1 g! v8 Z* t E
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. " {* p( e, K5 l9 z$ ]- R* q& m0 K$ d" T" j% g
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。 , } M3 H* R k0 c9 c$ ?2 _$ h {: z0 Z" z6 g2 U w* C$ t
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. 3 H9 }, R6 i( `, l6 D! R6 b4 }! K
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。 9 K% \7 H. M9 D) r# o9 \6 f . j" \# |/ t- E7 J* WA 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. * z. a7 e% Z M # C7 U. O* ]' b& }: s. j, T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 g9 n9 F9 d5 Q7 ~: 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.* ]8 b0 y! R& i/ p% f1 R1 F
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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。3 X6 T+ V4 J: ?2 I- i% ]" E+ H
7 h2 m* L Y# ^3 P5 _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. 7 o( j, o% K# w& F . t) x- F- y8 w( p V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- v9 i: T& k1 @/ @* I " ^' L9 a4 t8 C- q/ I/ {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. 3 y' ~# x2 K$ D, h$ L5 R% p4 Q: R& }0 b; P) g( v
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。- P7 Q$ O9 t- `. z) }0 j
8 t! ?7 E6 i: C3 W7 D MYou 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 i+ e! V% [$ Z2 W, Z& _) Q6 p* P2 p" K" V( ~ I; G$ T
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。0 v7 v1 e: f, q
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You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. , K7 H" x; Q; |5 g; Y3 `2 ]4 L$ L8 s" q- o8 y8 a
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 ! P# `1 v, p' D7 P' d& N* B3 b: j7 G7 T1 `% \" h
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. / v' z$ o0 Y! y2 l / n! c; l# C2 w& |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。, r& t& f- j/ Q/ w% H
/ x& H/ D: p' i/ J" y* `' pFor 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" E# r% Y" I+ Z9 g
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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。 P0 c K$ i7 @6 }" Z' R4 m) ~8 Y, A, l5 V2 o6 @6 q
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. $ ]- }' P, g6 N; N 8 { s+ Z. e, G+ \$ l9 R“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。, B( r' b; ^, e- Y1 J5 ~
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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." # V+ B; r0 r9 H) N+ E1 I' ?" k. t/ r
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”。 1 @8 ^, ^7 q+ P$ X' S; N2 u# N% x5 y# ~+ H3 s( b( B
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