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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.  $ g8 `5 h# h8 F- i3 F8 y5 v% k
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She wants to see how many people get her poem.  
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& M2 p1 R9 L9 k' h) G' K& kIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.* R8 p$ B2 Y& j& j4 Y/ U

3 V( _# B, w1 G( e* W) UThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.: [& J: B( c# g/ f' L# _
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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.$ c+ b8 ?3 ~) g' j- H& L3 q) f  Y0 S
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: T8 x& G; B$ k  A: ~. i* ]SLOW DANCE# y. ~/ O% k) t8 |( g7 n; ?- e' D
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Have you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain
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; h1 j5 f. E3 W+ VSlapping on the ground?  y8 ^! n6 F, \  N1 I7 C0 j

- j) H2 G3 G. D8 D) h; VEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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$ S" o' }- m; J% g% ZOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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You better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.3 m0 j, c7 n/ f5 C! v( L/ K
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Time is short.
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9 k; R& \' x2 Z; M. T. k) p! r) j: oThe music won't last.  ~4 E9 o! }  B& M3 ?8 w
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$ [9 J5 {3 g  JDo you run through each day
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& t; E- |9 G" ]- U* @2 O- {' d6 UOn the fly?" w6 P5 }; H, }; m) ^% p+ E
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When you ask How are you?) b! I" K4 P3 x, `' n0 [2 Y) a* a2 a

9 C: ?6 Q+ F& [$ ]! yDo you hear the reply?. u6 N! F4 e3 h6 l& r

# x: O: }4 N" I4 a& X6 BWhen the day is done, g( Z) d# m9 `
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$ P& Z; [4 a( d* y2 kDo you lie in your bed9 `! M/ u0 W( d+ |, P; H& f2 n
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With the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?7 r1 l+ v, S3 k; E( p) G$ b
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You'd better slow down) M. ]! V: k! v( m
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Don't dance so fast.: Z7 x6 z" k: L3 y) k

" t6 a6 ~% U) W: B2 H" `# lTime is short.
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The music won't last.4 O7 B( b- G% D, Z2 n" z+ L: A9 z
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?' D( e- w/ `) v) _9 |

1 y/ v4 h0 I% V6 ]/ e' gAnd in your haste,
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$ n! l( k6 A  R7 [/ FNot see his sorrow?5 N( x# U$ `, n* D$ B
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Ever lost touch,% e0 v. o) p& y2 M) A

9 g3 @1 k: V% C/ zLet a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi"
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You'd better slow down.) F6 E: D, i! r- a" G% ~$ }8 u- t8 P$ m
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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
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You miss half the fun of getting there." m8 Z! B/ D# B7 D
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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Thrown away.
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$ h0 N, b- U6 U- OLife is not a race./ u) K. P! N3 R

& ~6 @: ~5 o0 Q0 k! S, v  WDo take it slower& R. f& }8 I# c& N
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Hear the music2 W7 B# v8 ?6 v& T2 C4 g
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Before the song is over.3 |3 R, D) F: Y6 _& b1 X
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5 o" p1 j6 Z$ m4 R. rFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.1 m9 d5 \( G% m7 L
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Dear All:1 @3 Y2 I- d2 X! U: m

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( \8 y, R$ g3 h1 IPLEASE 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.
: T* M% ?0 h* |3 xThis 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.5 n8 }1 Q+ g& n) @* [) i1 e
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.2 v# J$ ?/ X0 N
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!) t: v' q* p3 t, {8 T
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor2 [1 W) b) d6 @! q( E6 a
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology% X+ b! G# Z1 W* I+ y
1300 Morris Park Avenue
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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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" Y4 }# a; B0 }- A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。
$ n1 S! S1 F, B% X" g: Q好好爱着好好活着......; f) e9 W5 ?! H; ~

/ N! E- z" ?$ i) g* N  {  R  i6 Y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
2 ^0 _& W! d/ U0 @小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。
3 b4 r2 P& s7 w好好爱着好好活着......0 X- n& C, F0 J

/ |, A+ Y/ ]. Z; n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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