# ^% g$ k; _) A$ j9 V8 z3 D) F e生命就是小甜饼： 8 O6 s) ]/ K! `/ J* b6 y# N+ w7 ~# kOne 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. - w8 |" i" y( a) E# o5 W- w- { m, R+ P* n8 H, M; m) q5 {) u
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”。 $ f. {+ r% Z1 E1 Y& D% Y3 M1 ~( ^! Z( D y( D$ J, c7 S' _
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. 9 @/ i7 ^' _/ R4 V1 o+ T2 s0 V- n# U/ D* W5 p& H
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。 L0 l" ^: ~( ]( V2 F+ K& D : H$ x' Y, ?& P8 P- V% C' U* `( JSome 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. , t1 S9 T- |. ~& q9 x* t" w |) y- ^4 @$ w$ P8 m/ y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。 9 L3 c" L! y" a m8 W7 Q' S1 O$ Q; f- A- k3 O* N! o1 Y; n
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.7 t, }6 y* n8 `/ G* N/ F1 U! l
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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。 ) B+ X' J; I% d/ {7 G- k# a, T9 X% f; ^ s3 _9 @
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.) C' p' p- v- K: |# r
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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。 |; k- _# ]" V/ T- j' `$ a , D9 N" @! B4 A, H( \2 ]5 yBut 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.9 b$ ^) V' P, x8 t' |- T/ v
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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。 ' h8 `; Q/ K! J8 B0 Z; e' }& c1 @+ {% y
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. ) U/ i+ ~0 e& d8 {! |# k9 f0 V6 t# N, e6 H5 f- @, w
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 I( X' O& p" t( P
) o K& J, k9 P! QYou 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. 8 O9 g4 n; M6 ~$ q( I: u/ L
: o" t8 u5 C! w, N! D5 v9 a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。 # D6 i6 w6 s( I* M/ J+ W - {5 K2 W; [# G+ S( @) V ]2 hYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it. 9 p2 e3 F/ J2 L* w; P; e, g" u) E( ] ! x5 y8 c( X* V" m/ G你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。 1 d$ l5 |3 d& v/ o% [$ P & T& T2 N! v- o/ d$ xHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.( N; f1 _, ^; @3 R4 I& `9 M, i% m; k
' M- h; ], _" Z8 q: x7 z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。 ( t- n* a. i3 V) G8 U( j4 Y& z# r % L5 q2 W6 ]. H- p$ J. d; A- L( l- i1 PFor 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. " . x9 t8 y/ }& y6 E5 M/ ~8 E S2 D# e
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。 4 k/ [6 s, n1 `5 `( w) I# x+ }4 \% {6 v1 M" L" y2 K
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important. * A, L, h: x* Y( \ ; Q/ W$ a B3 C {2 O2 z, l“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。 D. o: X# _& w! Z/ T! u( t8 B# `+ Y: l$ Q s
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." % Z4 ?( h3 M9 S3 \$ s' c1 f5 K# n- \ v5 j1 w( T
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”。- g. J, |: d& j7 E K$ s1 W2 z0 u
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