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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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% }% P/ x# r4 P7 p7 _She wants to see how many people get her poem.  / K% d0 G" J$ q8 b4 t# I* N: }9 e
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It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.9 t3 c. ^0 ^6 S

4 v2 Q$ Z, ], X, J) `2 I' ^2 |7 ^This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.  E4 h  W( S. [

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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.& n! `/ ]% `/ w: ~

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, \8 F5 Z6 v, X9 h" dSLOW DANCE' Z( j) `* P! @7 C1 l$ d$ y+ Y

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Have you ever watched kids
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* w' p+ k) b( d$ X$ `! L8 VOn a merry-go-round?, G4 w3 I/ ]$ {) [( i6 H6 _4 w. r$ j
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Or listened to the rain2 b% n1 c% E6 D9 B) Y
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Slapping on the ground?; ]- k, e, ^3 K: [
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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- G! _' K: D; `* fYou better slow down.
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5 i& m3 u8 b+ o: k# ]0 J9 f2 `1 v5 P# JDon't dance so fast.! e$ r$ |4 a2 I5 n, `
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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Do you run through each day
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% b3 j& ?( S- d5 A' |On the fly?0 V6 o3 U$ \9 L% `# T$ T  Z% `- ?( |

2 V$ |: Q3 R( y  _7 G( q+ }& l: {7 gWhen you ask How are you?8 ]7 M- n1 K: X+ ~

' v: u9 {/ D, N+ {0 `2 U1 k9 I# xDo you hear the reply?
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* ]* c% W/ @- {( Y1 d5 D% ^: U; PWhen the day is done2 H" `; h! b; w# O2 G
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Do you lie in your bed
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; v4 z& H2 D* mWith the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?
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You'd better slow down+ ]" E" C; a$ y0 O) \- h
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Don't dance so fast.
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4 ]& @  ~; A8 \; z0 h$ ?8 X( c4 x9 P/ yTime is short.
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* k  B* A; w1 T( ~: |/ z+ GThe music won't last.) t! b# S1 i' S$ ^6 m4 o

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* s" [, w) u3 |( s+ U. c7 Z7 T+ l* nEver told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,8 ]( U  ]5 x' b3 Z7 F, o7 B
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Not see his sorrow?! R9 G; T! ]6 Y' N  n1 c
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Ever lost touch,4 |4 [/ x! E4 d7 Q5 o& w
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Let a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time
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You'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.7 w1 C* F: j, y7 S1 F
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The music won't last.* v- S* K: |+ W) v- H3 Y
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When you run so fast to get somewhere4 E5 V5 y  F' B. |1 x. G) x8 T
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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1 E, ]$ c: H) C2 f2 |When you worry and hurry through your day,; c9 F' r) X5 a4 S
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.
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: h6 @' r/ \/ X: Y; ^: _, M: DLife is not a race.  H8 S5 i! d" ^
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5 J' D) W, z; yHear the music  w4 b! O2 l8 T  @8 y3 k

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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT./ u: O+ G8 u- E4 t! O
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Dear All:
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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.' t& g( a, \! v6 p5 h) E; w
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!" h; T! h; L, X2 r
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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" e4 w+ F! O7 t' ]0 H% i6 U* ]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。
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' f1 g  ^, E' p. }3 k! }# j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。8 i% V% t" L& N0 |/ V
好好爱着好好活着......
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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
原帖由 听雪安妮 于 2006-10-4 22:16 发表
. N. W' q- O/ U2 d: t* H小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。4 v$ Q/ y$ R) }
好好爱着好好活着......8 m3 v8 g6 s9 ^9 H7 h. `* o0 g

: K; n0 n7 s8 B0 @- r- a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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