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9 u) Q0 d1 T' O# w `. Z/ Q+ F: V生命就是小甜饼：0 y' H1 I9 W7 w5 d
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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- A4 d9 ^& i; O' e* l5 p/ r# s# m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”。" m4 j- d6 P; x9 l0 J- O2 c
1 S6 P+ R* o5 Z) HIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing./ H0 {- U+ ~& M T
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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。1 a8 W% K3 \" L( V+ Y' y) P
7 d( N2 S! x: z6 e2 l! A- |% r1 JSome 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.! `6 T$ W& G5 Y" Y
0 E* f5 Y6 e5 C; A9 d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。8 O) E; i8 |/ ~2 W
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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.
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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。. Y. h7 ?9 D% t1 a* @$ [( H
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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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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。) {4 |+ C& ]: w8 v- x
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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.- R; r4 Q; f1 J9 _' N- h. Q8 P
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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。$ u, m* C& m- R h) w' Y1 {
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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.# A( I) i7 T3 @# Z; ^$ O9 e
: M: J9 z1 @4 e2 \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 Z* [: z, J5 {- v/ jYou 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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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。6 s, ` F7 s, O- b! E. @1 i
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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.7 d( F1 w F0 L; f q: c
7 @& K# G, _7 R2 `+ _4 \2 Z你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。
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f) b r" `- @$ v8 g1 SHaving 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。* K5 S8 I+ {( B& E' o7 l2 U% F X/ m; `
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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. ", ~; w% e. V' H1 F
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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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( c# O2 _+ S; _# O, A/ gTwo years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.7 D( F; h9 q7 ?6 r* N1 _' O: [
- y; ]$ k6 t$ ^. K$ s6 Y# ?/ d“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。4 X. A4 B: u6 K+ ?: }& U" O6 i
9 D3 b9 w q" h( hLife. 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."/ H: _' _: m& k7 L) e- F/ Q1 H- T+ m
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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”。' l$ F7 [3 ? y. E6 `5 j
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