2 X- \9 y3 P/ R5 r- o; m: h# D0 F2 y生命就是小甜饼： , j+ g: S7 a2 s, O2 Y$ Y; JOne 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 P" R! M9 k2 u2 @2 A
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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”。 " ?, ]& c" x' e8 L% R+ O2 ~) k6 f; h; L- C8 J# p1 z
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. o! O5 [2 e# E! y3 T
% `; E* L# r1 ^6 L5 _' H" ~3 K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。 $ C5 y9 v: R5 N5 B4 \( @/ H2 e! o3 M0 _/ _% S+ Y9 `6 G/ Z# X4 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. % r$ i0 W G" C% _. V/ v9 p, M+ |* V( _2 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。 ( b j+ H+ ] z9 G5 y m" ~3 i+ ^8 J# a$ G+ ]# Y$ r$ M
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. r6 c Q$ _- t( z; o% ~1 E 5 |% k. g2 S a/ p8 f/ q. m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。 & D- U3 M( s9 ]/ L" Z, I. `$ U; C1 H" C5 S/ P0 ]2 S2 T M
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.' V: D% n+ U9 ~& r1 Z7 L; q
7 @5 @- F& [+ _+ ~4 A3 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。, a' }4 q- @% a2 z
M, r( t0 F9 R0 `- 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.- i* j3 b7 B- o7 @! m
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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。9 ?/ d/ _3 v$ Z0 z( v& d
# z; @3 f6 }0 ~+ s" Q0 n4 |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. N6 }+ u& N9 W6 n' }/ S% k4 _4 M6 K
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。 - r% u* i! T3 }* l: l( N) ]1 U' ? f5 N( f- 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. ) G3 Z- l0 c+ u 5 X% G: D* _( X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。 + \; Z5 t! G R1 G, R. f e3 ~) v2 q+ b' ] c; uYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. . A2 N( U3 q/ y. h" u7 b' k% \5 A; @
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。0 [1 R' Q0 Q& S
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 4 \2 B$ u$ R, I" v- z7 M6 j8 E0 B9 t, D& ^
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。) H g- u; x3 i
4 W- H B1 c4 k$ JFor 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. " 6 r& G. j1 {( n, J! W* e% l% Y7 f4 n. M
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。 * L! }5 w8 p- I2 S b2 M3 E- z4 \Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important., \. p+ N s7 }) T! w0 Y& O
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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。, M: \, G& J2 Q# M- B4 z! \% g
/ T" V% @$ F% J1 u4 zLife. 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." : K1 o: r8 ~# ]: J8 T' e. X. M- H+ N& [7 ~, u; r2 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”。 ( G0 Q- s1 d9 a5 d* \9 r8 s5 ?9 X& [6 \4 K% ~( G
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