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6 I+ [- Y1 k8 d- ^: c7 qOne 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”。* c6 ~' X' a! Q: F6 n( C. n9 ~
& J3 W- [7 y$ ~: nIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.7 L1 G; j3 V2 ]
. e, y% I$ ]+ ^; t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。2 W: u. u" e* W q! z
S& ]1 b. [: E, w, 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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/ `! J4 Q0 s$ Q$ m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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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.: x$ Y; b7 e; T$ u- s+ l' b
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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。$ M* b9 p5 ?8 r4 T5 G4 b# p
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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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) e# P2 m X# l$ z% Y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 a: d, l$ g6 c5 q$ [" N1 ~
8 r' }! n# m. s/ X! i4 JBut 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.# a: A/ e5 F( I! x7 {, S
7 Y1 P6 ^; b/ V0 R/ ]; @: i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。! n% u- U7 g" `; C6 {3 n/ q1 _4 F& f
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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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; J- K8 u1 _3 [+ j: `2 ?5 b: 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。
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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. + M' G e2 W$ ~; ~0 U0 {
8 t0 o9 E+ \ r$ e0 i( v1 m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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0 G4 `; E9 w+ R, x0 C6 y& kYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.: E% f, m% @/ d4 I: @9 C" S
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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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8 I) M" j, Q1 I" y; ]: ?Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.
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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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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. ", |/ v5 R) z* t2 `$ u- p
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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。/ \8 Z# H( k* _6 q r
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Two 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。 S& \7 h) W: {# M- o7 v) z, q9 q- l
2 p( T3 G% m. J0 J" l6 w0 x* e, x8 x K# PLife. 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."8 ~. ^6 f/ I; Z4 x. [$ a0 L p
q6 }4 \4 j$ S' J% b: v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”。5 e7 z5 w- s8 z3 x$ C+ n* T$ W9 j
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