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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.  
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- {1 M8 ?" E+ O( ?It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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7 a8 a0 |" y* [( d5 t* h& _It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.* T( c# Y4 u. ^, r
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SLOW DANCE: Y% ~: P# r2 S
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Have you ever watched kids4 g' H) _" R6 C% R2 T; _
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On a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain3 l8 H0 F; t; N+ ~/ [/ H. C& V' o

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" S& j4 f- s! y/ MEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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You better slow down.* F/ D( G0 q) {7 ~1 X
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Don't dance so fast." I3 o- Q$ |; O; }$ _

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The music won't last.$ S7 L. j: y+ e* O- w' l

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Do you run through each day* }  y0 Y2 i* B5 E, l/ N' n+ h

2 i' b3 e9 |+ r; SOn the fly?
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: h/ j% ?, ?3 ]& u' eWhen you ask How are you?0 ]( l2 b# a6 [1 f8 L$ G/ u

& [' D! j' v5 ~% kDo you hear the reply?4 o$ T  s- V  x

0 A; @1 J: o- |2 G3 ^0 aWhen the day is done3 Q: V8 |+ X) A; Z  c& C% M  [2 l
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# w- j7 ~3 I7 n+ X* WDo you lie in your bed+ a, j7 [" |1 t! J& |% R

0 V5 i: ?; _+ w2 W* U  QWith the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?
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You'd better slow down# A$ C1 V: h2 A' _" H0 v

9 X. o5 N& B8 N1 W7 zDon't dance so fast.
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5 y" [" M5 G) ^1 S6 R2 X8 xThe music won't last.% u$ ^, a" P& r+ v7 C
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Ever told your child,
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And in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?* Y$ \, X! a0 }8 P# v/ ]$ X! b
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Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die* \( K$ B+ Y. q* x8 a+ \: L
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Cause you never had time" r$ z' L) w# T) o1 ^1 U* F+ J/ w

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You'd better slow down.
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( [9 `! f* d+ g% `5 g" O5 eDon't dance so fast.* M; g. a" E3 m# R! n# q7 S

( Q3 S. E% z& TTime is short.
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The music won't last.
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6 L; a2 `7 G' i  O$ `3 [, E3 e1 pWhen you run so fast to get somewhere4 I/ o. C1 u+ w1 \$ d/ c

6 `2 Z4 ]" f7 dYou miss half the fun of getting there.* A5 I0 G( U" y' i2 @. c& j6 t* C
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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4 A" {  u$ ~, q3 _It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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Do take it slower5 I6 [7 k  u  w$ L
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.9 k# Q3 E  N0 d) U
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:' O: y1 z$ ]2 P$ h4 J% A8 z. Z
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, M1 P7 L$ H3 E+ m8 X& X6 j8 K5 WPLEASE 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.6 ~. ?3 L. \+ l0 F
This 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.' N: y% F- [, D2 ]& s4 {
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.) j( C& X6 V+ m) C
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!
2 n$ I3 f' Q& L' D/ G% }PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor; K) e1 Z: {# x+ T, G
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。7 a0 m# g* }8 U' d+ J$ c* B

8 _; A( X2 P" I+ [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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' U# G4 n* p( n+ m3 F- z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
1 g! k% {, O' @- @) T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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- F0 M# X1 Y. ~1 a# R' a& i7 M0 }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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