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7 H. Q0 y2 k7 ]* m! g生命就是小甜饼：; \6 o2 i/ G9 J' z6 Z
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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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”。2 ]0 B$ }8 l. ?+ q V
% s) B; m* j, t: i* p+ LIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.+ y$ S# x( U; Y }% g
- j$ A( B+ @; g4 N( v+ u& n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。( w- [6 h1 T9 M: m) a
5 n8 m0 _- s4 m! y6 k3 }! PSome 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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9 r$ S% s9 ^6 l1 D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。, `4 ~% Y1 T- k: E* s3 [( n
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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.
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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。
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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.' E# p# h0 s0 H. y
/ I2 j' D* M ]4 G5 }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。3 r; J. n8 e& G7 L
0 I% Q9 Z8 o* x# t% L+ {) R3 ]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.
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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。- ]2 K6 L* m( k/ 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.
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5 }8 u- `4 ^$ p$ j- F$ A: Z8 P2 C: d7 v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。 [9 J2 J$ o7 l4 x2 J9 T) w- 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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6 u2 G, c. q6 O3 h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。3 e/ b. k* q2 J1 A2 O
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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.9 O1 q2 {( a0 v3 z4 P
# }" B& |# r( m7 x+ P/ k: [! C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.3 V7 K% x. s4 c! s w G* j
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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。8 O9 @( n9 y7 e3 [1 _( Z( 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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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。3 S7 ], `6 ?$ N0 c& A9 }0 A
# s& n4 O7 O5 T1 b, Q/ F3 RTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
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& i; ]# t. X" H4 e% a“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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" P3 [# s0 G3 t! h0 U- t' t6 tLife. 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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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”。+ {7 }1 Z9 _$ w2 x
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