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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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She wants to see how many people get her poem.  ; |1 n2 F8 T3 w! V- B

' C# m/ q, }$ M4 |% [It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.! ]/ B& E/ Q- @* N* U5 l

' d5 c; l8 c' M6 W7 F& W. I0 ZThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM./ Q, ~$ _4 c+ K/ j) P/ O0 Z
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, R$ u" ?; l) ESLOW DANCE
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) g" T' K' ~+ aHave you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain+ I( h+ F+ V3 A5 ?
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Slapping on the ground?% O1 _  }# O. j" D$ U

0 g+ [' _# Z% t/ t6 _4 vEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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You better slow down.
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' x0 X; C- ]4 C( s, Y/ N; c& PDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.
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; j5 w7 u9 s0 }8 c! _The music won't last.
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# D4 ^$ d; a: t* Y# E2 ?Do you run through each day
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On the fly?
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When you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?* Z" p" {1 M6 p+ R! G6 H: E

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  ]+ N' J8 n8 ?% u1 ~Do you lie in your bed
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Running through your head?/ e' E: ]1 o+ ?0 c4 f
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You'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.
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5 j& r% I1 Q& n" c4 xTime is short.
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8 r2 o  r& k  h5 s" [: aThe music won't last.$ G) Z" e3 M' Z  p, l) [
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Ever told your child,
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& e2 F9 c# c4 mAnd in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?: m3 D" R2 o6 P2 C
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Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die
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To call and say,"Hi", M, B7 l$ a) ~
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You'd better slow down., b2 y8 V* h7 z- W/ D
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere% Q. Y3 s  D/ L0 r. F3 Z
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,0 d3 I1 ?4 [! r3 k0 c' Y5 z! u
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It is like an unopened gift....2 x5 x  n8 P1 r1 I  j. {
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1 v' a) X. ]# R5 S9 j# {1 bHear the music
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Before the song is over.+ P6 s  ^1 c& b- V0 W1 M

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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:
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PLEASE 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.
$ j3 x* |: c2 ?# q( \$ I1 cThis 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., X/ B+ U& H$ B  D7 v* @
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
9 U! t. _/ {4 b+ h0 L/ j) O+ mBy 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!% W" M/ H* X6 l& c
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.7 l* J8 \8 n( u% d
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor2 E6 C: A2 _! O* {0 q  _' h
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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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。
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5 ~" \* A8 B  c6 d$ h1 R+ n9 u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。
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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9 l/ T$ q: \) |- c! A- s3 R
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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