7 e5 E$ C9 s: z+ y$ E生命就是小甜饼： 5 M* N8 b+ F% I; }9 s# e/ a. cOne 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.! D4 g( B3 x/ t$ O* S/ V- d/ H1 k
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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”。- Y. J; I& R; I. \) V
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. ; G3 g1 F. U0 P) ^! t1 D ' E6 f5 ?% Y8 k4 p+ @* t5 t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。 5 f! D2 S0 }' M& g: m- k: K$ P! v" e/ M/ S: V; T6 b
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.6 z6 d0 U7 |( N+ ~7 k- \- X/ _
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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。1 ]( t: m U1 k& q+ L
/ r7 {: p$ A- uA 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% }2 F- g( j2 N7 u' T) x' M9 B$ f9 Z" v$ k5 c7 y7 C6 _
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。 8 A8 Y' ?" Y% H3 r/ }" E: l 8 f: w+ Y6 J6 \+ l4 L: HWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.$ k! H8 @4 ?( E) o+ h/ W
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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。 9 a# L. |; H: Y* h+ P5 ? + o- k8 b U/ X% w, m. mBut 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. 8 V/ h, {! M0 g) E& @& D7 L8 B8 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。+ j V4 n; J' t, X8 g
2 ~9 r Q4 K, C! y" sThe 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. 4 Q1 C- x- ]. F5 h7 T% P3 y7 N / v% w p8 \' Y7 ], |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。 ' ?6 R9 M$ j; D$ x6 }0 Z + U5 G9 P* ]- N F" Z2 ^0 R4 Z$ 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. $ E! f8 {2 p) ~# J
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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。: m) | y6 q N$ s. `, W$ K
" {! F a0 o% F; v* cYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.6 ?" F. J. g6 o1 s
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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. "7 Q$ R$ X# @) [) f5 k# ?
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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。' T' o- Z9 w/ Z4 r
+ L; X5 o5 t2 }5 Y% k' OTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. " D9 @' Z$ |0 J! c 6 c/ i6 i8 {5 T0 Z1 v“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。5 V, v* B! H% l; Z4 c) Q
" m' G3 e/ J0 ~9 O9 p; N3 FLife. 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." 1 m/ { U, R! I8 R6 O! E! d. N7 s+ g7 u Q+ ~7 I( y
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”。 2 ]6 T) _; s# @- r* {, v c 3 Q C9 X- O. r1 V[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html