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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
This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.  
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. [+ ?/ G! A$ f9 J& s- `$ `She wants to see how many people get her poem.  
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* |3 |! t4 w4 w4 [6 b' `$ e" MIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on." r9 g6 r+ H2 `

3 Y, o6 U) }( n5 w! iThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.2 f& Q* s8 m) N8 `
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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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( U- A$ T; @0 A  N2 r( V9 B) qHave you ever watched kids. @: j* a+ ?: M) o
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On a merry-go-round?: R8 B& g; n2 J! p9 f& i  o

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9 D1 h0 W' r& ]5 \$ rSlapping on the ground?4 s- v2 R' n  C
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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.% h! b( P& `& M5 K3 c1 l- ^, R

& t& u' g. k# ~1 K. ^" T+ g( A* s/ cDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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& E* w8 N) _% x6 N; P# [4 bDo you run through each day
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  N* C0 K0 R$ p' GOn the fly?8 \" k1 ~8 b% m' @9 a
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When you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?
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6 q6 q+ P& F7 S, c8 f2 YWhen the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed$ X2 D2 F: I1 h8 Y  {% d/ T

! s9 d* ^6 Z! S; {9 z# ]) RWith the next hundred chores+ a! W) {5 h, b: V6 h
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Running through your head?8 }1 v* i. j. o" X. A) ?3 F: A# r
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You'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.
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The music won't last.
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% m. o% F1 a' L3 r( y' j3 [* r$ rEver told your child,
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7 g1 D* z+ Z3 B. ~We'll do it tomorrow?
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8 x+ z' r+ T$ |% OAnd in your haste,
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2 g& G% a# |0 u  k& \Not see his sorrow?
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* z% P! N+ b* w  D. J, `Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die% }/ P/ F. g9 i
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Cause you never had time) l0 O: r) v, M# r2 V' P

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You'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.# {- s1 M! M+ N( u

$ T6 Z$ N; A& WTime is short.
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1 T. C7 E  L* p0 oWhen you run so fast to get somewhere. x9 w& d" {# b) u6 [0 [

# \4 R( d+ _% D6 }- F) P1 PYou miss half the fun of getting there.  I& P' b  Z2 P0 e

6 b& b% s6 t5 _, @0 \* {When you worry and hurry through your day,5 w' @2 {" t8 ]4 E3 s1 E

  k0 k! D  P4 W; qIt is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.
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Life is not a race.3 Y1 r: r) y; a) G5 m

# i7 a$ q9 |+ I' l- g$ ]Do take it slower
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.% f: u9 H& e& u5 Z) x' N, Q  @. s+ s$ |
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3 D+ ^: q/ f/ `, D7 U0 RFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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) \7 f; t$ K8 S0 Y$ X# ?, S( [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.. P' |* q2 [4 h3 V3 l+ I
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.
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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!
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor3 ]% ?. C, M% S
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。4 ?# F: L5 o& [

* k0 y; ]3 M9 |0 o8 j( S: 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。
9 S9 P8 _6 v, H" @% a好好爱着好好活着......
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/ \2 X9 ]: q1 m5 n: u' E$ m% q' R3 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
原帖由 听雪安妮 于 2006-10-4 22:16 发表
7 o% s6 ?) y3 |+ D* \小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。' o# p- @7 [1 k! C( O7 A  S
好好爱着好好活着......* c  b7 s8 H! L0 K% r
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我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。

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7 o* i( X1 m1 a; b; T' {2 p是啊,心疼就一个字!
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