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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. " `5 Y9 }0 q: b. I9 }$ Z' e3 c' e. q3 R+ `" }
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”。 $ r& r& t7 B: \1 O/ Y4 ^: X- R9 A$ E; ^3 E1 Y
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 7 t9 L% g0 \2 m+ l. i0 W- g- ~# J8 L& [5 x7 w- x2 \& ~0 T1 k( V1 n
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。 9 n& @9 s" U% ], L # O7 g* ]/ T7 }: h& E6 y XSome 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.6 H, ?- l2 K; z h: M8 D9 `) R' [1 Z7 i
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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。 / B: K& e6 D. U, S& O* G+ E" o# G& W+ A! Q$ X. A' Y
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.) p* i7 J; y1 A, I5 X' ^8 X- U6 F+ D: f
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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。 4 K/ ?; W% m9 y# a% O. b& f+ _" d4 E- }: l
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.! ]* L: l5 a: F8 d/ e& \
8 N7 J$ Q; e& d) w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。 * @9 F' W+ R0 M- u7 E/ s) }- o/ |
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. ! i* K5 ?7 M, h4 S% h; D) c1 \3 t. V7 u% ]! x
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。 , S. `4 b1 v' ?" G I# \ 3 d) c+ k# O! p9 A, [+ ]6 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. 9 @/ m- e1 t- X/ X9 D1 g! N. p- g2 I3 G
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。% c! m+ X, |* Y* e+ D
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。$ Q; T6 S; U4 k% e; O) v1 Y) w
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 2 `0 Q5 x+ `2 F* ^" x- Z+ T4 N ) v9 U& c A. B' c" h/ F0 c% }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。 ; I6 E, z _# W, G! E" `+ p2 H* ]3 O l: |
For 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. " ! S0 w8 ?" u k8 F ' _# R$ Y8 o( |& y9 |& |8 H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。) Q) v$ }) U1 t: S$ X
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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.") X' y. C+ D2 s1 |0 k5 Z
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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”。 # x0 _5 o4 N5 `' D; Y- R: L, H8 F- [) i0 v" W) U
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