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4 X8 F3 {! H/ ~- m& J8 r+ v$ T: O* u9 a生命就是小甜饼：6 A$ A; w) c, w3 v, x0 x2 L( M
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.9 Q( B# q m' S, o$ Q/ _5 A3 D1 q
" ~4 w4 ]) N* Y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”。9 `* ^& ~& A* P% g5 A
% j$ e1 V5 [/ U* r- \* j: f2 d* T; CIf 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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; ^9 X0 M' ?: uSome 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。1 s @ v5 d4 d8 r
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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.1 [+ q/ q6 P" T+ B: ^$ k
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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。4 _0 {/ A* `0 V [3 K
2 a# d0 |/ Q: rWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.1 H: B+ P$ u! ], r3 o( l3 M
! n* A$ Q3 o/ L% t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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" e$ u. X! 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.8 Y1 K" Y& T: Y
: i f" e0 A! D: j/ N* T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。' r: \7 Q! i3 a$ s0 K3 y# ?! y3 Z
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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.; R& A# b ^ Q6 R5 Z: G' i$ a
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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。' l) m+ w" b+ y* {7 U# Z
4 _6 l) z& Y* s9 zYou 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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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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$ x4 a$ f/ L, `8 GYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.1 h2 Q2 ~, ^& C) d
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。
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6 \0 I/ ^' b6 }! `2 JHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.0 l! U% D* W/ y- Y. Z
% h& Y1 x7 u. d! f. \$ F: Q5 f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。* ~' m: R5 @9 L: r+ x! e' S
" C, u* e: G, j3 EFor 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. ", Q' R/ D, r- o
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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。
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- x/ r& H/ V& r1 E8 f" m5 XTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.; {& Q% t. T) N2 U
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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。. E0 |# C' v+ S \
& M/ u8 n+ M8 O2 v) b8 u6 oLife. 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."9 E1 ^8 Z6 v3 P, _/ i5 a
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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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