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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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5 q% b* i) z8 CShe wants to see how many people get her poem.  , Y! l9 O9 d0 Z4 z0 x. `: _6 ~. q
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It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.; k5 G' r7 e% H0 f5 t& g

: H; F& X; O" t/ ^  k! W9 n8 I+ ]This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.3 ]  O  Y4 n5 x+ r3 k. V0 G$ _- D

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' a( E% C+ k% ~5 j& DIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.- o( \9 y, q& Q  p
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4 d0 m0 t  Q3 z8 N* ^7 w' JSLOW DANCE& Z- x: a7 X& ~4 d$ ~
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: a- ]( ^" {: _0 A2 j! GHave you ever watched kids
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3 |) U9 C. Z: F# ?On a merry-go-round?
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  @6 n3 v- R. [6 @Or listened to the rain1 u; f7 I# y2 f1 g) w" S
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Slapping on the ground?" l& l/ t6 m, q! s% L' O$ i
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Ever 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.# k8 W) P6 H9 T

# O2 E( _. f+ O+ W% rDon't dance so fast.4 M# L  t$ o! D5 k
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Time is short.# V$ N" J' Y- ]) g

# ^/ F) G! i9 r( @3 ]* D6 I! XThe music won't last.2 |2 q) c0 i$ @, _0 k2 A

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Do you run through each day! _$ H0 ^* o- j3 s& v& \1 J- u' `
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On the fly?! e" V4 P" Y, N: W! Q7 X
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When you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?, A  @6 C! l2 h/ t

( `# T7 }# o% zWhen the day is done' R, N1 [* H" _3 n" g
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Do you lie in your bed( A, f5 t* a, c- _9 n

* g! F9 \9 @9 d9 @) J5 Y! D( [With the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?
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You'd better slow down. P' R7 w% q6 w

" D  P" S' I* z2 ~! |Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.- ^% i2 e+ W9 ~4 [0 J- H$ t
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The music won't last.
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,1 |7 K8 V! E) Y- m5 S% X4 z; J

& j! H8 |& ]# Z. I, P8 PNot see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,6 q+ K7 z) d4 F4 u3 Z* w) ^

& d* y( E/ S1 I( TLet a good friendship die
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4 v( Z" D" O1 XCause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi", l2 s# V5 l* a# F, K

8 O1 j$ p+ L4 o$ T5 IYou'd better slow down.6 p2 X; k/ j. |2 c5 ^
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Don't dance so fast.$ V7 v2 j2 c; `+ ~$ ]
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.* o! g8 H9 M, r% K0 a- P
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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' \; q& _$ M$ OYou miss half the fun of getting there.: {& r1 I4 I# p

# F  N7 o3 ]; }: c5 {) UWhen you worry and hurry through your day,
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1 r3 Q5 y5 x; h2 A6 Z6 OIt is like an unopened gift...., M+ Y, J  I7 R" a

6 `' c- G+ t6 k2 |% d! H8 nThrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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Do take it slower* F" h9 g8 S" L1 z

1 Y, G4 P( g: U( u$ d) ^Hear the music. s& W# O! K$ E- t2 _, [( H! F

( ?: z- s. y# v9 \5 fBefore the song is over." M$ Y3 f# g* C: S
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: I( ~+ k: r- Z! G3 V- b, w' rFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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* a3 b' ]% W/ [" z) A- B& K3 bDear All:
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/ K0 ?" `. c( ?9 A6 D% {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.
( }8 Y- r1 M! _) 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.4 K4 U3 A! F, n
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.8 x. r+ k6 }* D9 x9 T/ J
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!7 u! P! s' F2 \" E2 \. A# j$ l& H
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.( s- R4 Q; Y, r5 V) y, d
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  G2 k4 f5 w3 r7 ^& ADr. Dennis Shields, Professor
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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。8 d  a, B( S% M! M' K5 S1 ~
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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。
. s4 Y4 d; W$ T; T# K9 l好好爱着好好活着......4 [& ]7 t- c% L0 b* A
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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" \# O3 X. Y+ O- I( i! U8 D" y
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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