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Slow Dance (please read and pass on)

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发表于 2006-10-4 09:59 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.  
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) y( _/ `# ?, ~She wants to see how many people get her poem.  : S5 u, F/ W. e* Q3 r1 S1 W: Q
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It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
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9 p1 `3 f$ j) w2 E0 Y2 ^This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.; e) K$ p+ c  T* _5 L5 x/ B- Z

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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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  h5 G0 [$ d) q" XSLOW DANCE
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; A, A& G0 Y( p" u5 ~* x& DHave you ever watched kids- d% {% M1 {' g& F; r( Y
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On a merry-go-round?
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! Z3 K" @6 k  H3 j$ O4 WSlapping on the ground?
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2 G- n9 R$ h" V1 a8 n; jEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?  \0 d" Z9 B- |# Y& \. O! S0 `6 P
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?9 r1 y3 L" |2 Z6 l1 {8 `4 T
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You better slow down.
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/ X# \7 p" T0 A2 T& D* EDon't dance so fast.
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4 m# o7 K7 d) e5 u7 ETime is short.. X' |, x0 c" P( K

0 M# w. p/ R) gThe music won't last.  B* B7 ^6 i# j/ f* q, B: p2 ?
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Do you run through each day# q+ s! D+ a9 ?
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On the fly?% z4 C4 s% N9 n& U0 v

2 P, ?+ A. x3 cWhen you ask How are you?
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1 n. c, a* Z2 v5 d% J. U3 _( QDo you hear the reply?
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When the day is done- M0 Q% _1 Z9 c8 D
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8 i# j2 F" q: J  i. T" g8 @Do you lie in your bed% I# L) K: m$ k$ |: ~

. z  ~' V* N1 o% XWith the next hundred chores# P# T: H1 m. Z: e# F
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Running through your head?" O( Y/ _; P0 c6 h- {

- P+ |$ U( B7 N/ H. jYou'd better slow down
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+ ]6 i) j/ u) \: _, }) UDon't dance so fast.' Q" x4 \7 X0 |- i# p+ [
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Time is short.9 D* \; C  b8 u: _' U0 Z
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The music won't last.
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Ever told your child,
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And in your haste,7 }! @6 M" H0 J) i: a& _8 I
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Not see his sorrow?0 a9 U" B& p) x' }

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Cause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi"% \- U- g1 P2 [
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You'd better slow down.
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* R3 o1 J- S. i' t5 r: YDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.5 z- U0 w6 `- U$ b
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The music won't last./ Z; E/ I& c  c, O0 j& r

4 b! G5 D. X  X( u3 uWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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- M& P) o4 D' D9 ?It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.* ?5 R# a: W. N* j
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Life is not a race.
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) T; y& S8 z/ d# H7 ZDo take it slower
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/ o" a, h, k5 [+ UHear the music
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Before the song is over.6 t& T) j' W* G! U
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! I" Z4 R, z' K3 Z" x: L: z( bFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.$ ~5 x$ H" w, d* H) M' n- T
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+ j- [% {* E8 L+ |+ z# P6 Q! ZDear All:+ L( V+ ]- @! ~7 c+ \
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0 T% g8 q& M0 z" rPLEASE pass this mail on to everyone you know - even to those you don't know!  It is the request of a special girl who will soon leave this world due to cancer.
2 @) E8 l, M' S' l) `" Q9 F4 bThis young girl has 6 months left to live, and as her dying wish, she wanted to send a letter telling everyone to live their life to the fullest, since she never will.
& ^+ N0 V4 b' Z. y0 _( ~She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
+ S7 D# P5 |. Y) Y( S2 E8 }By you sending this to as many people as possible, you can give her and her family a little hope, because with every name that this is sent to, The American Cancer Society will donate 3 cents per name to her treatment and recovery plan. One guy sent this to 500 people! So I know that we can at least send it to 5 or 6. It's not even your money, just your time!
; }8 A+ V. U- A+ w; l! dPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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$ F( o5 k/ @5 e( w+ Q# `! _/ eDr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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Bronx, New York 10461
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发表于 2006-10-4 10:09 | 显示全部楼层
这诗的大概意思让人们停下匆匆的脚步,好好地体会生命,好好地关爱身边的人。+ [/ h+ n4 Q) y& J

2 w/ q$ d0 F. w$ [这几天赋闲在家,我也想如此,可是每次开车外出,看着车辆稀疏的街道,我心里就感觉特别惶惶。
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发表于 2006-10-4 22:16 | 显示全部楼层
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。1 q$ c0 ?+ b( B4 S# c' N
好好爱着好好活着......
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我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。
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 楼主| 发表于 2006-10-5 10:32 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
原帖由 听雪安妮 于 2006-10-4 22:16 发表4 Z& v2 n* P5 {, _) b" s% ?8 U
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。
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我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。

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是啊,心疼就一个字!
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