2 w0 n9 p l8 v; w9 f生命就是小甜饼： . o7 k# _# V5 {$ qOne 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.8 h" E' G1 n S9 \ p( L
" G6 k) J9 ]* X( j( k8 O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”。 # o$ v/ U7 j R' \ }: r- _' j9 o + w T6 L( }/ ~! zIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. r; K" x* _/ M* f& p( K8 i9 w 3 D8 D0 k" O, d! i1 v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。 1 S% V' h4 o+ }4 [5 h- J5 M5 R( z: M
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./ [4 a- S. M h% M) K3 s
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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。 - O8 w4 z4 R6 Y* k0 w& d5 q. j' ~# l3 v
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.8 @, b2 f) V8 Q+ K" e
8 Q% w6 `. Q6 N* i$ f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。& i ]. e8 t/ p c& F s3 T
6 h" W3 k# c X) ]" m6 F. _5 AWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. 2 s5 d9 u1 l: A0 G" I$ H/ K4 |& c; q' c& [9 m, p9 l |8 ]
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。 ( s4 G# L+ G' ?" u& Z! ^! _$ h- P D* a5 P
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.* b0 S; A& @9 ?% G* j, Y$ H
U/ o1 z2 b9 i) ]1 L% ~8 `! w& U1 F k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。3 S4 E S2 w3 X# N5 a- x$ N. \5 C
. l2 m7 Y o% B7 P% [" c; J8 W/ H7 OThe 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. r5 o" z& a8 D, ^! t0 F- H( j" E# ?4 Y! V/ G1 X
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。, ~$ z# R. C( I1 Z9 {
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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. ' Q" H! L+ l9 u: O ( J+ B; r: t+ g6 x( P+ r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。 + ]" [9 t3 I& ?. [8 F, R, U! g' I. G ( z5 S; T' w7 z+ n, [- R7 L$ CYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.' E' d+ w% T* ^% H ~
- m/ z0 ~* ~& L! r7 u你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 / I6 x6 Z A) h% Y6 A9 Q; N. O( z" t G
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. 5 G, l% T/ @5 Q 7 r: F6 [$ e* X. A' A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。- {3 r% [5 T5 k* h v6 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. " % w4 y5 A0 m) i6 `$ h( u 9 u1 P/ A) M2 U% A0 ?5 D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。6 m. t; \ L6 `8 e) b
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.1 q! }: u8 E6 Y! [' \5 a0 l4 R
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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." " a2 Q5 B2 J3 r/ f$ k$ L0 y' n3 v& M! }2 v$ |
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”。 - Z( \1 @+ E' q9 u * X# r/ q9 }* u. G+ L3 C' ~[attach]55054[/attach]https://m.ishuo.cn/subject/nvoxiu.html