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9 d' g8 \( G0 p/ {5 rOne 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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E9 K- U% @. [+ 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”。
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5 ^% o% |- U& r. @If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing." o& y/ L+ t- w8 k8 ?& q% m F7 F7 E
* [0 W' ~' q4 y" z7 \; x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。
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5 O3 a# f# R5 ?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.
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; [( p, |$ q; |/ Y! x- I( ^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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5 X7 b8 W9 G( t' x; I* q# S/ 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.
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6 D$ \, z2 ]/ y1 F7 r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) r+ I' L8 l. _
4 }+ F. b2 b! \( B. q% lWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.* |, X( v6 P7 N' _
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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, z: F! J) @: J( K
9 b! _! \, m& z+ }+ U; H$ \: 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.4 F4 N" u- W: W- q& j. n' O N
( {- D! p. S3 @* A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。3 Q; [" H8 G2 {+ g% C5 N
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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.+ r: V0 e6 E* h
" I2 _( Q* q1 p, x: ?5 p4 L0 q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. # |5 D( l, ]8 u s- r) u3 ~
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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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@" d" F* A) R# G& tYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
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" N0 o( {- F7 z& X) v, ]8 P你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。" D0 d0 K) B& k: @2 v! x/ l
$ ?$ z% \5 _/ b/ C& G) fHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.
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) s9 H7 I8 {! F; z( Q6 g5 E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。
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8 ~! j) S: X' S. i8 yFor 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. "4 R3 h: x, A) X1 P) U" x8 g
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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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* ^" V% T: c( k' X! gTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.1 m+ ]2 |$ L/ f/ a S3 v' c# E
, w4 U6 {3 Y7 `; I“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% | P# `* R: U9 B9 u
& I, f* }; E9 `* [6 i' j2 lLife. 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."2 l3 s$ ]7 u4 q' Y6 k# S) q
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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”。- ~( V! ?8 }- |
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