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& f _' g3 l t9 oOne 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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; r j! ~5 K8 S; U( l5 |# z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”。
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+ q* V/ U4 B. P7 b' o3 mIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.
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0 V: M8 m3 S2 k$ m, ?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。# q; ?- D" v* X. d: w
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Some 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.) ^; M2 _ ~$ {. [& L1 H4 l
3 b$ }% u) o- D+ U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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% z* x* d+ J% e' h4 yA 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.2 o8 c, J5 U5 h) _
+ o3 z9 ]9 }/ g$ p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。
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) U4 e8 Y" [5 E5 D" v5 e. ^( FWhen I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.: N' H: R4 Z# E( D- P% Q; P5 p
- }0 A/ e1 K, W- Q! [5 H0 F; M+ _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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3 J: o; R& j; A: \+ MBut 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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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。
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9 ^ Z4 X6 b5 c6 U2 Z- i5 ?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.; |" I, N5 K% K9 K5 W1 b
$ p( w7 D" V) ^9 c: Y5 w& i& 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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9 [* C4 ]7 i3 b5 K j8 {& @- e8 z$ xYou 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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/ R, r Q g$ W, @7 _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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You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.8 o( w, K; `, \9 ?, w, t
# k/ r- U E$ k4 B, e: c x你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。! \7 R# q# Z; s3 A# x& r
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Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.( T/ a* a9 F: F- p6 K
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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。3 I& l* L/ e z
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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. "$ f ^" A# a; M, m0 f l8 w
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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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) H, w1 {' B: E$ W6 TTwo 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。# v9 O+ ^; {6 ^0 T: [) E9 z( n, W
3 e+ n% T5 p; GLife. 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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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”。& R5 Z; c7 E: H+ k8 `" {
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