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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.  ) k1 L$ D1 M, g4 T) k8 n' u. l
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She wants to see how many people get her poem.  
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It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
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& Z2 ?. f/ J1 k! p  oThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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9 t0 F' E; F' _, \It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.$ v2 R) \: x/ i9 Y( n2 [/ C
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. Z- f! ^$ {( }  f+ eSLOW DANCE- K. P) n; j% B9 H$ X9 a
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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 rain4 e: r+ [% f6 ]* R) [6 A+ g. R

( M+ Q/ l. Z4 @! Z5 C( i* ]2 ~Slapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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# P# W6 u! R+ {7 G: p9 EOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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You better slow down.2 z6 ]! _: g2 J

9 k8 x3 _* f) |' R8 a7 b2 A$ F( tDon't dance so fast.
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) P- v, y2 ^, q5 O) t5 |$ WTime is short.
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The music won't last.6 D, q) g4 c3 o* \
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+ y" k' U1 O) _9 i8 T+ t/ m* fDo you run through each day
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On the fly?2 X3 d5 E+ ~2 ~

% [  D# f6 E, J; N/ IWhen you ask How are you?9 d& g2 L# g3 M

& _% G& D( \7 ~" M+ b+ y. HDo you hear the reply?1 s/ ?1 v; S3 n4 [$ R" M

# `1 X& ]# Y; [3 y5 xWhen the day is done
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# o) q; C  p0 D+ S- ^- U7 g' eDo you lie in your bed$ j6 @: Q4 l7 R9 h: J& ^' x" P$ P
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With the next hundred chores
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' }9 _( `- ?9 ^$ H2 ]6 l4 HRunning through your head?
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  N8 F+ L2 d3 _6 V  f) ZYou'd better slow down" g* C" `, J% L) j- j
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Don't dance so fast./ _8 z1 T- }- T
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Time is short.( v6 c  _& ~) o  ^  B
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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?4 q% H7 P( A6 n& o5 T  O, j& ]

, [: e4 w# _5 n& m. XAnd in your haste,. j% \3 k3 s) s. ^' f3 Y; b: B
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Not see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,9 W$ B* L: R+ g+ {9 [

3 @: m' L1 N( f7 q* i* jLet a good friendship die
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8 F( P6 b- E+ S! w6 {% X5 uCause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi"
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You'd better slow down.
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. ~: ]3 }1 Z- |1 n3 `Don't dance so fast.
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- o8 ^/ S' F, S$ u' zTime is short.
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; q' C% e+ O; K5 W1 o8 W8 OThe music won't last.
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/ p( u& e# P5 {$ K  B. W5 FWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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3 O: N7 J# A; \/ `5 v& WYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,9 u$ y" u* L, ?' F/ S1 i

) u  u. Q6 L  Q% e6 k; E0 K/ y0 u2 qIt is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.
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3 s# m% y$ \( _& H8 \8 W+ o1 WLife is not a race.
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  k# T6 O; {# B1 vDo take it slower) F8 \; U4 e6 ~5 W3 x
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Hear the music) @- \$ _& c* a# n* N- M% x

8 b* p2 _! P, c" P. D( E' TBefore the song is over.2 J. f) I2 m* C8 B

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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.3 ?+ Z! z6 \! [  u

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5 X( M% Z- Y' W7 _% JPLEASE 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.0 f1 o( H: o1 G* N  h; c
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.) d6 }! g% b9 L" O" s" j
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.7 Y/ k( ^/ o. G* G/ {9 n8 H
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!! N. s7 z4 |+ _. J6 I6 T7 f" n
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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4 V  ]; H) B, t0 \" c- ~6 [Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor4 e' f& J+ b) Z
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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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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6 R* y) O" a& {) |9 v" L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。
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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; s# n3 {. m$ t* z. A$ x; s3 r
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。4 X# ?& Y- l* w3 T) M1 u
好好爱着好好活着......4 u' ~+ b. P5 Q$ z* W$ s0 h
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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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