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生命就是小甜饼：2 o3 z+ |7 X9 C) g( j; U2 n
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.' s' y0 u& I/ u3 ]( b4 K# I4 L8 r
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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”。6 H% `' W- m Y& H
! ~4 `+ a$ X1 }* r5 ~If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.* m( f' C) T+ J7 Z* k1 p
" f# H, I$ C' `/ u2 o5 O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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3 a; C# w X7 g; 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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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。$ W/ T* S- k+ ?# s4 N9 d2 R& A
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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.4 K. e/ v+ v/ h
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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。% n+ ]" ]' ?0 u$ Q% {1 f7 N% O: s
+ Q2 D- q8 @" F5 G9 \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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3 j, O/ }/ n/ F! W& a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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" K% c- g' @% {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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& J. g5 X4 u1 h) M' a" d3 l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。' ?- w# S" @- ]2 Z5 @" l
" d! Q2 n8 r6 k5 r+ ~ pThe 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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! Y i; e" Y( j6 ~2 I( H( p% @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 R7 B8 I0 ?! T* a8 L; w
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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. % T9 M3 b, i7 C6 w5 q/ Y: {6 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。1 t Z! |2 o$ N+ M
! i+ x, K" D" u( |+ M! q* ?6 \You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
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. n- e; m$ i T* q# ~你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。! D- A$ G" F* h
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.+ ^$ k9 g& D9 [0 [7 N. [5 N& _
: R, K+ y( M6 ?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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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. ": z3 Q( ~# ?- u' a1 E) K( R8 x
, Q5 }/ k4 f* E( e0 N* }" b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。9 Y; q$ ^" q% P/ {3 t% I
( J. T' v5 D3 K1 R0 f3 D9 p5 wTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
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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。
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) h! }5 f! p8 [! ZLife. 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.". l( m: @; D9 o( y2 h& U+ _' C
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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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