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7 C0 V1 O6 q$ Q- ]1 @2 WOne 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.$ s& i; w! j2 x: \+ m
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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”。8 l) I' ~( B- M) ~1 O x/ Y
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.$ B* K% |. h6 A. C. W. \
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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 C4 U; X+ J- g4 H+ f" E
l( N0 p+ k3 M r' eSome 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.( J# V8 t/ M' P! M% d
, C2 q+ \4 H) I* b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。
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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. u6 f) _, X; g$ L! B
$ ^, J0 X* L( P" `5 p1 E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。: e5 a3 ~$ n. K5 n
) z4 P, c& ]' O4 v: N' h) Y BWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy. V3 }0 c. T& q+ `" m0 V
5 p9 ~+ d \6 D! i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。( ^7 `. {/ n9 `2 h
3 q: Y! h- s, `/ d, 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.$ c/ y; R3 S9 x" u4 v
' H: u0 }7 n$ v# d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。
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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.9 c9 _6 {: }3 y7 K6 Z
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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。% r |2 t, S% W1 Z: R# Q/ o+ n
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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. 4 I' U6 d" L; R/ F* m' B
, V+ S4 n- S9 ~$ t, z- ]1 Y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。# Y2 k9 s/ M% f
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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.
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8 N$ N/ H9 M5 a4 s* F- @6 S* n/ w你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.
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h2 e6 B& ~9 B& k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。6 t' j" t' r. b" C* C. ]
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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. "
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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。
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.! X$ Y( M. [. \
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“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。
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& e# l5 s0 ?! J* k; q$ k6 BLife. 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."& m, p! T7 ? h) C0 f/ x4 i4 I
! B$ C6 E( x# R0 W! B0 l4 t8 v# k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”。" T+ Y7 l0 d- @# ^( Y
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