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生命就是小甜饼：* x/ K$ V- _6 V7 S* {) X, E
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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+ }0 R: Q( t3 T0 {3 B8 ]* J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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, N. f7 `! E. Y/ {) L# F& x! OIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.2 B% K: f6 v' E& m5 s# e0 q% O
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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。
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1 C5 c) m3 P9 y1 D1 S; h+ BSome 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.7 [6 f) O( _( \* c; y. C
) t3 H( K' J, F ?" H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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9 {6 p6 L# w" i9 K0 a) G6 R; T( VA 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.$ p$ B5 U1 R) Z2 x2 A+ L6 |. L
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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。, t& _7 c2 k- K5 l# D5 }; S
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When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.% s8 p% G# b8 Q( }2 w
" {, G0 {6 t7 ^& d, @% ` 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。 a# }9 e9 ]- l: h7 ^5 f
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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.) |% z* A6 J& T/ ^8 r
) R, g; w. u4 }& r! Q3 C4 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。3 s+ M* S& J, F! J3 O
9 k s+ l' _* x7 \$ jThe 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.2 O+ U/ J: X4 }5 ^4 _" f: ~
2 d& d; k8 t) a- p+ W Y* @$ X/ |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$ m4 `$ [, K# E8 l! |
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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. & o" S9 B- @) v) i6 u4 b: z9 D
* M! Z: a+ N! `( W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。8 j7 S& `$ s" p% j' T
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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.- D; I% U+ S7 U' o2 ^3 j4 Y+ q+ t
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。9 k& X3 o8 {8 C" p: S: ^4 G* o
@% { Y/ L( r# c8 JHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.7 X4 ~, m5 w7 l. Q, v7 Z
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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 L. A6 n; L, R5 h8 ^
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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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$ R% s; l$ z. M9 p; Q @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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- t M& ?, W* a) vTwo 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。
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/ W; D$ o) Q! w7 H" sLife. 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." v: e, o- h0 I0 m: o
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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”。% y# r7 Q% y1 n; q% q( k, l
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