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7 N+ S' F! I4 n; ^% @生命就是小甜饼：
, _, \% w- q1 ? r$ m( r- y. uOne 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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; j+ P" [) T* q5 h9 A: C- g( t$ [* S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”。& K5 \/ U& ]; S) ]7 h
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.
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- o) V+ [5 x3 g9 Z3 K# X7 \, E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。% V& I8 d( [0 Y) k% I
; t* _* _3 s9 |5 F6 B6 f ySome 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。
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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.$ O2 {' G$ \) l& M
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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。 W! w7 W" r$ C# q' h1 m
+ ^3 E( ^; l) Y1 L* X1 n2 sWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.
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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。
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* u0 U' ~2 o6 m8 Y+ p" U- LBut 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.1 i! ~2 N# r* F2 f% J1 R+ _7 V" A( j
# S- L; G; i$ _9 s- J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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/ \7 M, m; K9 Y; r5 s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。( F7 W6 f% t& W0 ], O
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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. 0 S! F3 ]0 b7 e. D& f7 F1 l
" |. A- E; A$ `% P; W5 Y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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You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it." A" [) P: Z$ H$ R% U
! q% i8 F' M1 s你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。9 e4 `0 Y, ^3 E: I9 k) d- ~) _$ W
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.
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) b; r) S: L- l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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P3 X! c8 P. N0 z9 ^8 n2 x1 L$ bFor 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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1 T* J+ r! o2 y0 r) G* `- Y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。$ J- n( L1 K0 v( }3 i2 u* W
1 f! o# W1 n. p* d- P& NTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.$ ]$ [7 N! E$ {6 W
) H; f" l+ `2 I" m# B“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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% y+ y3 E. R u2 ~; G& ^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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) m* r) Y, Q& D$ e0 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”。) i, h, \7 S1 m R ~* [( N f2 p
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