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生命就是小甜饼：
+ P. L& ^- p" Y8 z8 f! POne 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”。
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( q& k* g& I6 k( R; \If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.
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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。
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9 V. A5 M$ s' ^/ b- ~- WSome 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., C& u; q0 a8 U& C8 @3 X, D4 S7 r- z
1 x7 ?. T/ o" F. W- o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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" w, v1 ]% x: Y, t+ s* e& I" 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.
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, j4 B1 o1 L# F; z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.& R0 `' f$ d( f+ r
( h9 w6 S& N/ c w+ 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。. I% X# F. s4 l! I/ o+ E! @
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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.- v" _+ P b( C
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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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: A7 }) l5 E8 J/ p8 Y9 SThe 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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+ G' r! W* Q. t- O9 O1 j# P( f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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/ [1 S& u7 H& }' OYou 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。% O! u+ s* b% F0 ]
! z. v# t+ x, Z& j" t" ?: zYou may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.! l a) x3 @+ Q9 Y# d B O; I
4 ]' Y: o' O" D- y$ b5 @& V1 E3 K+ }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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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。' D5 P4 A. v8 b6 G
% y$ s! [6 I$ ^7 \3 `( wFor 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. "! c( B" p+ {0 ]9 c- o. K
. f$ w6 W( Q- `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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Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.! ^% x1 h+ s e0 O: H; F/ J, Y! i
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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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( N9 G/ Z8 F9 q4 l& Y# \- ?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."- m7 S9 d3 }' E
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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”。" C5 h" Z. s- m: a) o9 d
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