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生命就是小甜饼：
5 Q9 |/ f9 H* h, f* NOne 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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- c2 t$ j N" E( w- q; n! S( F- `& D+ p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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. |* \7 V& U7 o4 x1 N( TIf you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.8 W& a# u: b+ T; G, c
$ T) x2 O3 p* |/ ~+ G# E S+ 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。; m8 [+ G4 E/ t, I* E
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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.) C1 u ^( x9 o9 c4 {' t2 [
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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。1 q: E. g: c" {6 R* V
6 i4 {* C+ I. B3 dA 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。
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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.2 x5 g8 w7 K; f, {7 M; m
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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。/ O! \, m5 S) |! j
1 c4 @6 d: n+ Y- r v( ] d; Q0 a( v% aBut 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.. ?! K- c3 J$ K4 [+ J; p1 w" u$ W
' |2 k: m* S2 v% 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。3 ]' m7 t2 F3 @2 `
2 Z7 L8 Q d @* ^$ \! yThe 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。' a' Z- O/ V7 u$ N, b ]
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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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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.
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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.
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, t d2 y& o- U* V1 G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 ~9 N, [" e$ S+ z3 A- t; ]& ZFor 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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6 Q! g0 f* G6 F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 Z' M8 L# q" m% a1 A4 o) [
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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.. I" k# t; M, d* h6 K0 C$ D
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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。
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+ I* O8 P+ s/ G4 F. s" 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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: e) @. v U' }; B# N$ p3 y! s. ^; e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”。) O$ w: N- M: i) q7 a2 s+ F
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