5 t) A0 h6 ]1 G6 T4 ~. `生命就是小甜饼： 4 k5 k+ F) \" Z- ?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. P: W, o: b! S
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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”。 : C3 _# h& v7 H. _) v* Q 6 b7 V* o: T7 s9 E2 P8 g6 `If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. ' G7 j! B4 ]; C; V7 {3 p3 U$ P# A7 Q* Z+ W4 p; }' y. Y
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。" ]7 O' i$ R$ }, o2 x6 U
' m1 i- b& \! \1 KSome 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. 7 _4 h7 |5 y) B9 b+ @. {2 w r- ?7 G9 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。1 B/ D% v8 V( g! }, ]
+ c) L) ~8 E, b! n! p G7 y# x& DA 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.6 R) z! Z( l; [) x1 b
# T5 w0 E& C4 t3 `0 [4 ]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。7 o5 n0 b. O- t5 Z
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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. 4 O6 P" q0 C' i* O( Y+ H4 s1 T * m& C2 R9 E8 L( n4 h% L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。 ) u3 \5 m2 \6 f" Q* K . r5 O" x) {% w/ a |" c* Z0 p( PBut 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.6 S2 z) ^6 B0 s2 f* [ i
0 z. b; \& i) N4 }8 W8 j4 RThe 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 D) r, P$ l7 z3 U
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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。 8 \1 C5 m( @# H# E/ y- v5 g5 q' M) O; ]: y4 _* T: P
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. + r# y! G! g5 [+ h' u1 K : P- A2 [+ V0 e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。3 S. _" v- [# O
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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.' q$ d) t+ j! i7 @+ W5 y
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" C( Z3 E) l% T6 a; y( Q1 zHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.. Z5 ^ t; b( z9 c+ D$ C4 T7 Q2 z5 W
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% ?- p% ]% W; b2 A8 UFor 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. " ' h; R6 g# m9 U8 D N + [) d0 X- x7 c- r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。 5 c, I) Q5 A3 ~- S2 Q. t / W+ f% C- i* Y8 L4 c% p3 m2 UTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. / G$ f F6 ~$ L: w1 Z7 N' \ o1 ~$ p# V8 g% W“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- f: @% o; W5 y; v7 M
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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."7 p9 _% I; g% u
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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”。 d4 R. _, u# X& W4 W& a# A1 F& s8 @( z( U% z& H1 u
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