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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.) u5 g* m- q2 \! ]8 ^7 I
' S) O2 X ~/ w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”。- U4 F6 `0 o) J1 {" W6 X
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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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6 C# Z, x4 w# W. I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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, B0 M7 ] [+ B4 L. W! oSome 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.$ y+ R+ Y; e' U8 _
% S8 t1 w% n9 h1 ~ A! X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。; E. {: [4 t: n+ A& r
3 F1 r A0 y. s, X! C/ AA 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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0 `5 G* S0 d5 N; H0 t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。3 K$ v( l8 v. J% G8 { _( N
9 p; |# {! m# H+ yWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.2 z8 ?6 `3 s- L: t3 F( l( P2 a
0 u9 \# X* K( \! N- s% U3 J7 Q* \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。& K% S. u6 S4 q, s. g9 M; p
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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.3 F' ?! Z) H4 n9 V, Q' K' n! G- o) @
& I' S5 c% e" i' k2 ]0 W, z, 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。- S: d3 j: r6 p/ E) P# z7 b
1 W8 [' f, W" i. {) u! 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." v- S8 T' f6 }. ]$ ^
% P9 P0 X1 } ~! P: f0 l8 a# A7 i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 d9 E- P0 Z8 i. t6 A; V% a* s
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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. : z2 L* C) z5 p( z6 P
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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。 x3 e% x2 l0 S
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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.
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你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。* S) h0 X5 z. p
n7 `+ T9 {2 o0 r2 Y! sHaving the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.% g8 F w9 Q* p; s) Z8 T
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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。
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: V1 g g$ |4 Q g$ ^$ PFor 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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' o' ^% O/ `6 C& d% a7 {/ l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 H* |, o/ ?% O3 o3 b6 ^( v
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.: L* r% P% `& U7 f5 z
+ H: n9 g7 X- U; W* k* E“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。$ z/ x3 Q% j! h$ [
6 S4 X# K( `8 R/ C8 SLife. 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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: a, z; ^" ~+ D7 S: G9 b4 {4 M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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