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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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4 V) ^' }1 F6 V8 x4 c2 u$ i" zShe wants to see how many people get her poem.  + j) O; {1 M# k0 F: ~# e

2 k% `5 ]9 q* j) C( Q& rIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.& U% U) U5 p* R2 |; o
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.2 @/ U/ I0 O: ^9 I+ [' x

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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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8 i1 g9 C2 k3 R8 WHave you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?- N7 m1 |0 j# K( _  c: l2 s
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Or listened to the rain
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Slapping on the ground?2 {4 f& c+ P5 i9 x9 y7 @+ y: ?

3 r! i$ M/ S* o2 }4 TEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?: ]1 l$ v( S; l, Q

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0 h/ O& U+ O, h: c' A6 WYou better slow down.' X- [1 h0 o& D; E6 ?! P) @. g
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.+ w/ O8 u& g5 c- ~

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8 @- q; ?; q1 Q& ODo you run through each day  T, Q5 l; W  n

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When you ask How are you?) I! j4 V3 M- z
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Do you hear the reply?. X: U- C$ @& ?, W8 \0 v

  k6 K! K; x# N7 MWhen the day is done
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With the next hundred chores
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5 e. N0 g. i+ G. v0 F. {/ J) QRunning through your head?$ D$ @, e2 J  A+ q. @& b4 H

& F$ B& L) O( x: r; z$ MYou'd better slow down
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9 D# v. V. f. b. zDon't dance so fast.# Y2 e: k7 B: V# b; }- `
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Time is short.
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1 G1 e/ h3 D5 C+ A0 T# LEver told your child,: P: ?+ _% q9 Y5 a2 c
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?
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, c+ H. b$ ?, n% o; H' GEver lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time+ `# L, c+ b3 l

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0 n5 e6 K$ N; O% S% iYou'd better slow down." w) j0 B& t  e# U! G0 }
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Don't dance so fast.2 [% l  @1 B7 b% o: P9 x
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.4 A1 v  b1 Z7 ]1 q8 b/ L

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. ~* A/ `: r) |( \, Z, L. r% G, `You miss half the fun of getting there.2 F- }0 [/ l1 n
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When you worry and hurry through your day,7 Z( J/ [, k2 `* H8 ]( K
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It is like an unopened gift....2 s0 }5 E( n# H% {$ u# P% q: d7 s6 d+ z' J& z
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Thrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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2 r2 w8 Y4 ]+ N9 V8 p% [5 YDo take it slower
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. P+ c# @7 c6 V' P5 n% H7 OHear the music
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Before the song is over.
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$ Z9 H8 ^- |2 x# t4 F" ]1 IFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.3 _+ ^& q1 o5 e4 N# {7 ~4 I
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Dear All:* Y$ q7 L3 [: F7 L; c% Q* a1 R6 C/ {

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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." h, @4 w1 \' A" b1 n
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.. t5 _  P/ ~1 N
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
& a2 h& F* w) t5 v8 f1 y; sBy 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!. S$ w5 E" X7 l) `
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.- F8 S: ^/ R% S6 N
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# i# r/ H/ t  \$ U+ H6 EDr. 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。" f. V0 N- P- Q8 z& ?% K

' [# C+ g8 d: t5 Y0 V. N, ]: U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。+ S! \6 V) J: O! C8 _% y6 C) f. U
好好爱着好好活着......
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$ s- O+ X" o8 ?; S( m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" ]! c6 G% v' I3 \
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。. s/ s* u9 d& w5 ]
好好爱着好好活着......5 o; u; c: a) o' @5 j1 Q! H

; {: u1 x9 Y6 F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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