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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.  4 H8 `5 r' I6 p& K' ~1 b7 a
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She wants to see how many people get her poem.  ; D0 N& B6 g5 @2 r! `  d% _
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It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
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3 W+ T1 {3 {8 c  ?4 ]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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* p, L+ d% o/ C) \' `- iSLOW DANCE
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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 rain
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9 S2 @9 g+ M( B' m0 [Slapping on the ground?
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2 j& j( p- X* Z; O" P. v9 \Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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$ i# o% J% X- Q" \8 S4 n! xOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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5 u8 \$ Q/ {5 uYou better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short./ z8 g9 s# T  B; b% j" k* H, Q( F0 _3 s
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The music won't last.
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Do you run through each day
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On the fly?% [4 q0 X0 }- l& y+ q
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When you ask How are you?7 T, r4 w# A0 Y5 E

3 W8 r5 v; Z+ U5 A5 H/ _Do you hear the reply?
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When the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed
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' Z( O% r6 h4 B# CRunning through your head?$ }& C6 l: [: _

% P8 t; @: C  n; D( j! cYou'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast., ^( X& O& u& K' X

3 @0 w5 X8 d5 E$ kTime is short.
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2 P- i: O, ~. _7 gThe music won't last.8 k' ~1 g0 b, e7 S& E; V* Z
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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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3 m, E0 e( N6 c; ?* i  p/ f- UAnd in your haste,9 W4 ]: _: l# r$ T1 x7 f" m
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Not see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die0 v8 ~9 }& M$ l( N

, K/ g; ^* x: M! Z5 y0 g- K) n8 |/ mCause you never had time
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' J6 r3 ~. a" V$ f3 U0 bTo call and say,"Hi"
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You'd better slow down.
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2 D) ]0 ]" b% _" a3 l8 f% A6 JDon't dance so fast.
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0 F# D+ k6 v8 }3 b# o# @  u! iThe music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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! }+ }/ B/ m% @5 P" f3 M9 cYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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4 \4 j: V5 {% d. k! f. vWhen you worry and hurry through your day,$ P1 G) G2 ?1 H2 u- I/ `
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.# U* e. M- ?1 S- ^  l
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Life is not a race.
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$ O) ^& [  t! a5 qHear the music* ~1 r( R! t% ?4 }- u5 v/ _

4 |! b6 x9 r7 oBefore the song is over.
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% @! p+ E" Y' O5 p8 o! d0 W, w3 xFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:
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# h. z7 ~' S2 \7 p& }/ r, L% FPLEASE 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., {* I; k% J  P6 ~( s/ D1 K# |
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.
! X$ F: ?* s9 w% d5 k7 xShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
! {  ]& v6 H3 e1 |6 gBy 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!
; t+ n- G2 ]1 b; f$ XPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. 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。, o/ b8 J7 X; H7 m
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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。
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) m/ \" {' d1 o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1 c) ?5 _" t7 R1 h7 t* t+ s6 ~
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。3 M. i  V7 s# T) H9 E% o1 _! Z: c
好好爱着好好活着......9 ^0 ]" n  K3 ?, d. G7 v

5 e2 f" r: i/ Y# B1 P: E. m. N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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