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　　The new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems, but only until 6 p.m. Then he has to do his homework．Michael Sessions, 18, beat former mayor Douglas Ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale．He is America's youngest mayor．

　　As Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005, he registered to vote on Sept．22, one day after his l8-year-old birthday．The day after that he started his write-in campaign(战役), which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots(选票)．

　　To help get his name known, Sessions earned ＄700 by selling apples over the summer．He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale's lawns．

　　Session's month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town's future in the kitchens of his neighbours．“They'd look at me, and say ‘How old are you again?How much experience do you have?’ And I say ‘I’m still in high school’”he said．

　　Sessions promised Hillsdale's voters he would renew local economy．“I was hopeful the whole time,”he explained．One day he spent so 1ong out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room．

　　Sessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor．“From 7∶50 a.m. to 2∶30 p.m., I'll be a student．From 3 to 6, I'll be mayor of Hillsdale．”he said．

　　“He did a very brave thing that couldn't have been easy for him to do,”said Jack Vetted，a councilman in Hillsdale, a city of 8,200 about 75 miles southwest of Detroit．“He does care about this town．He's been here all his life．”

　　Sessions will receive ＄3,600 a year during his four-year term, and will work out of his bedroom since the town does not provide the mayor with an office．

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Eating the Cookie

　　One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way．　　1　　 was “having the cookie．”If you had the cookie, things were good．If you didn't have the cookie, life was 　　2　　．

　　Unfortunately, the cookie kept 　　3　　．Some of the time it was money, and sometimes power．At 　　4　　 time, it was the new car, the biggest contract…．A year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate(前列腺)cancer, he sits 　　5　　 his head regretfully．“It seems that I stopped learning how to 　　6　　 after I was a kid．When I give my son a cookie, he is happy．If I take the cookie away or it 　　7　　, he is unhappy．But he is two and a half and I am forty three．It's taken me this long to understand that the 　　8　　 will never make me happy for long．

　　The 　　9　　 you have the cookie it starts to fall to pieces or you start to 　　10　　 about it crumbling(弄碎)or about someone trying to take it away from you．You know, you have to 　　11　　 a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be 　　12　　 that no one takes it away from you．You may not even get a chance to eat it 　　13　　 you are so busy just trying not to lose it．　　14　　 the cookie is not what life is about．”

　　My patient laughs and says 　　15　　 has changed him．For the first time he is 　　16　　．No matter if his 　　17　　 is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf．“Two years ago, cancer 　　18　　 me, ‘What is really important?' Well, life is important．Life．Life any way you can, have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie．Happiness does not have anything to 　　19　　 with the cookie：it has to do with being 　　20　　．”

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