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生命就是小甜饼：
+ q, W' s- F6 R2 zOne 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.+ Y' \- }: `, h& J" x6 K' f5 Q( E
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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”。
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If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing./ T& H3 ^- ?6 q
: M. f" s0 K& U6 ?7 N, S" s" I( j# J5 ^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。) P# b" O+ S- w9 Y* u1 c% _
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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。, m0 V" K" H' Z6 m' H; m5 \
6 ~. [" P ~7 I4 E) b: L; D* zA 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.; ^8 s% ?6 h, a. ?: _! H: B8 Y7 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。6 ?& W f9 ~& m$ |+ S2 v
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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.$ X: C1 U6 ~4 a4 w
$ z6 H; C Q. j- c. {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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& x! X: T! }% k" @3 h# H. J3 P& ZBut 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/ A$ }( _0 z" [ w, C4 S1 N
) v1 e; u& U; W5 h" 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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0 }7 |" G! D% F7 a @! fThe 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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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。% W$ ~% c5 V, q0 u6 H5 n
9 ~% x0 p V4 P. J. ?3 v( eYou 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. ) b9 ?/ _" t7 b7 A8 ]! b+ z! M
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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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You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.- P6 Z4 E$ t8 c7 B9 t
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。$ X6 k% o- D! f4 A q; l$ d+ D
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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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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。$ c$ Q4 T' q# B* q9 d* n/ ~2 g) {
- `0 w- O5 s0 x1 wFor 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. "! W. p& ^. ?7 q6 Q( e. k& z; `
9 X% a" p3 N* u2 ~ Z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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& F; `7 ?: @; u4 n; _( |$ \3 _+ FTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
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" q; h- j; c x/ i& k# S“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。; a# b( \7 r. Z8 ~2 L& A: G
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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."+ J2 M! N- i4 s' i9 g y% N5 f
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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”。% J+ v% t% ]: s# E; a3 t
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