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. r& w/ I9 d( J1 c8 [5 x5 \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.
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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”。, D- n" J2 d. e' s7 y0 V' \# a& ]8 H
) J7 v, ?7 B* T% \: N; v: SIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.6 U# j9 V0 a, C9 @" Z8 l
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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。% z; n) x* {* l% f& o O" `
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Some 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./ }) V2 J# A0 d7 U: T
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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。& |+ ?) k7 J( h- L- B9 s
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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.
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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。7 v- |' [# q0 z0 O, d& x# f
, ~; X. G# @( _! d# b7 PWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.0 A9 p7 A O4 W
, K7 K, ?1 {9 P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。9 {" M$ ]4 |, u/ W7 W' a
: K! D3 M. f* r+ F3 mBut 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.7 i) d: D$ e0 g7 @- G" Z
) e) {, `! g& w2 E( w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." N/ x9 _" o. \5 |. m
. x- h0 }; s( r6 d- X4 r7 R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。( E9 |7 x5 p! c0 _# M7 P" R" i( s
* N/ `$ R6 \+ C$ w/ u# C$ V. f+ ]) HYou 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.
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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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% ]: E- V! d' G- c/ DYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.5 J8 b! B' b. B# r. L/ z( H
! G! W! T" H# E2 A你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。
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p, z0 T/ E y, FHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.5 Y) E- q0 |& l; D( l
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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。2 T( P! ?, b) T; W- k
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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. "8 x( @& L- v- ?0 V( u: I5 R$ b
. X& a& w% M% `# g! 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。
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3 l7 F4 j# g4 gTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
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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。, M( }# D" n" h" y Q4 C1 Q' G
; ]. t( L( e5 O. m/ cLife. 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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8 f( Z j' N9 r/ N# T6 N3 q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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