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生命就是小甜饼：
p, t! M/ y; \6 N+ }9 BOne 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.7 T* n; p1 Y9 o9 @5 C b
( G6 k* o0 ^' T( Y ?! P( s4 @4 [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”。& a; a- L) i4 D
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.
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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。3 f" @( E' W1 X
, m5 p8 M0 X+ Z- XSome 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.+ S9 I' @! `3 D( y
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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。
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8 ]3 H! a3 g' S7 ]' n j+ tA 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.% S9 W% K4 `# B7 Q& V$ T" p4 G' N
% _9 J7 q$ m; R1 H- t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。; H/ n8 H' R7 z. ~
" T9 I" L8 s1 j( P0 P. YWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.
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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。7 O8 v+ X$ M5 J
% q5 b0 c& \" J7 R% eBut 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. N6 @, N! f; a& l
) ]+ W! U1 X* q0 Z1 ^% S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.7 v+ I0 e, u0 _- v5 v/ j& Z0 B
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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。
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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. 7 ?6 @8 J. [% `( {+ _
" P V g8 {4 P' e) g( @( V! k% H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。( B( s" N3 {1 f1 g
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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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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.: A% x' ~5 u5 Q* H9 Q1 g6 T
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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。, C3 m! s; B$ c$ ~) _3 k$ d
" n! K: W# x H4 X/ KFor 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% p9 w0 a0 \: B' I# A6 |
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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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$ x# V& b, @- t( B! S3 XTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
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" F8 p' w+ v) f$ Q: |; M“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。. F, X* F$ v* j) O6 D
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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."' C$ M$ p3 K- k8 p# g; T9 e) X3 {
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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”。
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