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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.: R# R. R- Q0 N* _, u
( O6 U8 v: ~8 h2 a% S7 C+ ?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 S9 _ s9 k3 f) K
& \) N3 {0 b3 fIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.3 _, J! [% R, x: C
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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。' @( q" U& M9 i) G* J* |5 |
2 Q4 k( V) w* b: PSome 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.2 _+ E% h% G1 e& p. S
6 I. C$ b8 x6 M9 ~/ }8 N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。, A1 x5 }1 m$ ^2 X( Q
. x3 [) L* @8 q# D" N$ g" z* d8 PA 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., K& U9 C9 c r: K% W( ?6 _
/ s& P0 T8 p6 D( a$ n: o" L0 s6 Y s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。; S2 D* C. h7 {( `6 |. B
M8 O/ H; c+ U& Z) PWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy." v" X6 k' Q0 N, f+ f2 g9 P
& d% Y$ J0 O: |- W' B$ s) g9 R9 S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。
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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.
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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。
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$ R' {0 Q W% j: Z m% }! l' ~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.
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% p! ~& I5 n' P7 {- X* z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。" j% g0 _. C% o8 Y: o' J! P6 e0 {( [/ W
& S3 n& @6 k+ |( D8 b1 M1 pYou 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 O1 D+ W9 [& s: x
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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。
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$ K) K: x o7 mYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it./ Z X! I) s- o/ t$ D# A3 B
$ Y4 ~6 Z2 {; S你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。6 A. _- l/ P% j& r( `: {) b- b
' K( { x3 h8 L! J2 ~* \Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.
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2 \+ E* B' M$ Z! @9 X6 A; F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。) q) W9 R: z, U1 t- d: ?* J
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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. "# b4 U8 f$ e1 B
2 m/ y/ m$ [; ^, p8 O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。" M* I3 k" b( M
# O( v: ]2 v: z, T! YTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important., P7 ]/ U4 Y) F* X* y
N+ x+ N! W7 _9 E2 y( o: j“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。4 p9 v, G7 m6 l: N6 E8 f7 ~3 Z5 G
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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."
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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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