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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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* d  a& X) o: c9 SShe wants to see how many people get her poem.  
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  _. q7 a7 \' o2 V0 IIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.# s" r, y! |3 v! w, f2 A5 X
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.& `2 W5 K/ J0 O/ U' A0 m+ a+ U5 ~

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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.7 G1 V2 n+ l! C

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SLOW DANCE4 I0 X3 z% L: G: S6 \1 C
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Have you ever watched kids! r8 T) Z1 {+ \" J0 m- h/ A
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On a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain. Z4 r& B2 j0 C* @
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Slapping on the ground?/ q- |+ X& c: z
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?# A- n# B% i5 N2 H: H

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/ S  ~" `; ^' ]0 nYou better slow down.! _+ [* ~) k3 R; ^5 Y+ S3 U, u

" ^. \+ q2 F% j/ K( KDon't dance so fast.) R- b. t/ a* O9 Z2 D
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Time is short.1 e+ o+ G: E# p6 B4 N
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The music won't last.- w6 Y) I. ?, R& }

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/ h1 n" f$ j3 \, VDo you run through each day# E# R: k/ _" e, `2 O: E1 m
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On the fly?6 e! Y; S1 q% p# I' K; ^; v" B

6 T( F9 w" k, O7 j( YWhen you ask How are you?0 R9 P- \2 |! n+ ?* p+ z( ?5 c

9 |- U  K0 a' t& W2 K! RDo you hear the reply?" I4 u( U8 m* }4 S$ a9 ?( L6 [. P! E

$ ~8 M+ r) q3 a, K) bWhen the day is done1 S& B' w4 C, k3 t
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" a( L2 Q# b0 X8 hDo you lie in your bed
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& ^& i, o: m' N. f3 N6 zWith the next hundred chores  V! z  W9 t8 o# w- o7 I. A- j

$ D# }7 w/ U$ x% X6 V$ K, BRunning through your head?
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You'd better slow down, A2 H7 u0 y% ~* t, l, R) z
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Don't dance so fast.
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/ o  c. j; I# _Ever told your child,
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9 p; W7 T. @6 f% o% c2 wWe'll do it tomorrow?
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2 U" J- `1 h( J- ^* ZAnd in your haste,
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5 [4 y! m( e$ y# K8 f* S$ s2 QNot see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,
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. v$ @7 n% a0 KYou'd better slow down.5 g5 W$ @- |* O1 }9 k: t- e
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Don't dance so fast.
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* `4 T( {! N$ {- z2 ZWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.& P& i* `* Y! K. G

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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.+ U% j) E; C8 h) U

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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.' \5 A1 f! w( p0 V
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3 I- C# H) Z- T7 W! @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.
% ^7 `! b  q+ t0 T# Z2 R4 ~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.
$ A* V0 ^# W# q+ B7 GShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.2 M2 L. @7 _. b) K- U- A
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!1 h* c2 X/ R* C4 O/ B
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor, }4 T0 c0 U, P) l9 r+ z  i8 A6 d
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。% J3 Q0 i2 v5 X& y- z! h$ R% H1 T
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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。* l) u5 q) k& q  Q
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! [9 e" m2 F0 v: p, j( O& w; |
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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2 v7 C5 X5 Q( o- k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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