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生命就是小甜饼：
, l; [) e4 Y9 w1 f( B: M, MOne 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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) u& H/ }3 V. P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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3 \7 N/ ]2 Z4 r. RIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.5 }/ j$ O5 s1 K& }% j0 Q$ g! g
G5 v2 {! L5 b' V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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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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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。2 S w K( R @1 k s/ f! r
}% K" M! @ @: l6 X0 GA 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。+ X, m/ x, C/ b; G" Z% t" d
8 V2 m1 x& X" ~3 tWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.! {# y0 Y5 R5 o+ U* i
' b4 @3 p$ b' c, k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。/ Q/ y. n0 v- G
0 T) q* p, P3 F9 m9 S( J8 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.
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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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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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/ s. l5 p3 X3 r3 B) a) g: j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。3 |+ o. l1 C% p8 ?; b
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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.
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. W4 s: Y+ X$ a. Y. X) p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。" o/ l9 D$ q' l: l: i [' J
5 T O/ j: e# JYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.( x8 T- f3 t" a8 R% M
$ x2 T: A8 g3 @/ J& h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.7 E( l! Z5 K8 K, s* h/ K
* w1 c( r* K: p! r& a6 I+ o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 u' v( I; V0 R" _" U3 O& _- x
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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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# O% M" q# i* h# J6 r, {& C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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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.3 H, B* o: l/ b9 Q6 n% A
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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。5 S" u- l$ F' m6 S8 {
* v0 w; U. d8 M; M: ?' \7 qLife. 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."6 ?3 K3 l. q6 f0 i- a& t
6 K) Q$ |$ H) A% A6 X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”。( l4 I+ F' G! M& w$ E
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