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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.  " V- ]( k/ s$ ]) P

% i2 j6 V) H& [$ h) _$ vShe wants to see how many people get her poem.  
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4 m2 k, g+ r* G+ y: u. W6 A% U% PIt 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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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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SLOW DANCE
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Have you ever watched kids; d. b$ r, e. f

, n; _( N# [& p" ]2 h- QOn a merry-go-round?
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7 k  v: v! f$ TOr listened to the rain
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/ ?4 a, c. D+ s* I4 XSlapping on the ground?
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# i$ H6 K7 C; A$ g% _+ _Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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& S" Z. n2 i4 Y2 qYou better slow down.7 S/ F: E# Z, p: |5 _  M+ o
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Don't dance so fast.  |1 y! w/ ]) u7 v

9 N4 S6 L" l" A: P& wTime is short.
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The music won't last.
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9 I. \" [" d* y' _4 W! [8 RDo you run through each day
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4 O# x6 c% d- |$ {1 f9 D  n( l0 pOn the fly?
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When you ask How are you?
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8 S; w/ }! B# v# I0 DDo you hear the reply?
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When the day is done6 u& }; \' Y2 y
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" O4 ], l' a5 ?( pDo you lie in your bed
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0 J' k. ~5 e7 b- L. G% x" u5 LWith the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?
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) m  L9 \: V. ^# y- ^: r5 DYou'd better slow down
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% y! p  e$ A9 Q) ~* ODon't dance so fast.% \* `$ I3 ^6 ~

; ~1 m9 Q2 T& p- d) H" TTime is short.
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The music won't last.8 T9 K) u' o6 y* ~

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' M3 f3 r. h. w3 J9 f4 ~Ever told your child,. G$ E  X9 N7 U7 d- T1 m
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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" f& I3 `6 a  p  E* Z! ZAnd in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?, n" k% C$ x* ~; A5 c/ w

% @% q" U: D) j" hEver lost touch,5 O; g3 p4 w" K+ H# q9 U5 i

* C( F& p& h. @8 S1 PLet a good friendship die" N* C; k4 L  l6 k

$ Q" {& [$ `9 r2 |9 g) C, sCause you never had time
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  H( n( K) G2 D; Q; ?, r8 t! _; Q6 ?4 lYou'd better slow down.
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+ x1 R. _0 J9 S  |5 [Don't dance so fast.
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: e8 H3 [4 K, l$ U1 JThe music won't last.. O) i/ [& h( z8 W5 X( Y7 P, S

3 l* A0 K0 C5 x% D0 jWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.3 i7 \/ P$ t3 d; a) \+ W0 R

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It is like an unopened gift....
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" L# C/ g' E- h* V  SThrown away.
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Life is not a race.9 {+ U% m9 q  l4 ^3 l

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Hear the music
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9 p+ ^* ?  R# \9 {Before the song is over.% D1 \( `/ W" O

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2 Q- ]  ?8 X' y2 G9 F4 V2 xFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.5 Q! ^5 U2 ]- y6 v" P
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Dear All:
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0 j1 B5 F, r; }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.
# l8 j- n& ]6 l8 Q; l: aThis 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.
  F! W$ }' ]. [# H/ rShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
( d. W, Q8 A/ H1 b. |. K: U. }- Q4 M( JBy 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!+ p! ?, a2 c1 S" p
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.8 y5 K# N  x: h4 N% I
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; [# p2 T: y: c1 l0 g: i1 D, kDr. 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。
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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。+ ?3 r' ~1 W% u! u+ ?
好好爱着好好活着......& s( N5 I- q+ ~7 _+ S: q

  y, q/ f; j* B! P& e& w, 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
- l  q* C; s, X小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。; v. N8 Y- J) i8 d& C0 a0 o: V
好好爱着好好活着......2 h2 k. H/ i; M: m' |
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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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