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生命就是小甜饼：
' E, ?2 t2 r4 F7 {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.
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- N! k; n( s8 M5 G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”。, T" m' F. f8 E9 j' ^% H& G# @
) m% y7 N8 O+ {' d7 k f* t3 f8 FIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.( f- C7 D/ G$ s2 z# e+ J
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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。/ C9 G. B+ O7 Q4 z! D2 ~
: t8 F6 \9 V' u9 Z( n7 Q: k& O1 DSome 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。
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$ s6 x+ E' w5 P: f4 d. LA 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.- h3 ~; S w0 g$ E0 |0 |- v
1 P& f" W5 `3 U: v# B% @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 N3 g; M( P- P# O- T" r6 Y1 }
: o/ u/ q, o$ f# P% o. N* hWhen 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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& g! I4 g! J, S( X" q% a( g$ u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。# J% X. {, n- y J8 ], G# }
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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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5 {3 o6 H6 o3 s+ W; G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。 x! V" x7 F7 @2 c$ S* a2 a
& R' s) H8 l, y9 t0 o3 ], i0 cThe 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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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.
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6 ~( l: q+ M; y9 t# R: U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。: ^8 U* b6 l) ^9 k6 }) G( e, z- p
1 B0 O) q/ T+ KYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.* y& a$ I! h o5 d( u/ 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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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.9 x: L+ t6 E4 n9 v/ c8 F* \
3 j) h! A% @1 n- ]* p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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6 U& D3 A1 C8 H, ]0 u* NFor 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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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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0 F) H2 G! E. D/ X+ C7 ~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。- C: `- Q% J- a, d; o% H; c) R
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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."4 R$ ]4 V9 I6 }/ m6 s
4 ~* ^( \4 M& K- Q0 t& ^; T& X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”。9 R" }; h {2 j2 R' J
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