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生命就是小甜饼：
; T3 [+ [( h$ SOne 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.3 J2 ^& @0 h+ X+ e+ n |# }( d
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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.
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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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* X) J8 n; h6 K) J+ gSome 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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$ o% x3 I# ?7 ^5 [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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& l) E# i' }- W o' ~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.; d" D) h; n9 o! W9 Q) M$ V0 U
' N+ r7 r' Q1 F4 a& W" r0 z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.
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1 u+ `& X- C; ^9 ^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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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。9 |8 A2 ^; h. h0 Q+ D7 J
" F4 O7 F1 y6 {( Y: [ [$ DThe 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 ]6 v! ~# w, ^5 C/ E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。+ o) u7 C" Z9 @; Z& P0 x
& s; C! M/ i) [7 s# c0 e" hYou 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. . T/ S; e# Y' Q4 Q9 T. B( J4 V* b% K
; b9 i8 L5 t4 r- }5 H0 _+ J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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A$ U! I7 x" d# F) X9 ZYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.. _! c& K% B1 ]( J; ^, {5 \ v
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。; W& V8 n$ L9 l
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.. E# A1 n) r" l6 s) O
! y' D2 E, N6 }) k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。7 W" [) P% C4 R, I b% J
/ f" N% Z6 T- [1 Y& VFor 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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7 _* O6 a% Y C) ^% b8 \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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3 m/ X, Y/ M9 R0 i. t) o* STwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important., i8 G6 n# u8 V: @& Q) L* A0 k8 A- A4 m) k
5 l3 `; I" C( k" L1 f“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。# `% q* @3 f' o7 ^2 a
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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." `3 L# l, q1 n: b) e0 n/ r
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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”。
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