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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.  ) t8 w4 |% q" E$ H% W
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She wants to see how many people get her poem.  8 d$ r3 J+ P0 Y2 _- q# w; r: L* c; k( G

/ Z1 |4 e" r% V# bIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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9 X% W; p' e: r3 f- ~It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM." ?/ }* `0 A" k& B) m; t

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SLOW DANCE
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, m' ?) {. @; _$ g4 ]. D8 RHave you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?& E( s* _5 o$ l- ]

" g8 ]( y3 P  W  c+ q1 i$ S8 nOr listened to the rain7 K4 y" J/ y1 {1 p4 N2 \6 u
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Slapping on the ground?& b( \, F0 b4 t6 n' N) e* \

8 ]2 y* C4 O* V2 @Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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' G4 [# s8 {1 v8 n, d, W/ H! S, xYou better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.% d- N4 p1 A0 U$ |- Z# }
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The music won't last.
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3 f- {0 B4 z$ B, RDo you run through each day# E2 g" F# ]7 X, O# l* z

' `. R$ K4 d) H( Y6 mOn the fly?3 ]+ P+ H5 N  s; K. e

6 V: H& }$ ^. ~3 P0 p7 N% DWhen you ask How are you?& n/ [" j. X: s9 f0 q& q' B* H* M

+ l$ J$ C) h$ \& l# B; K- ^Do you hear the reply?' C; m. c+ w# k0 s- p( C% }* j
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When the day is done3 N6 F2 m# a, @, C1 g7 F3 B5 s6 w) F
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Do you lie in your bed# m# j. s7 _1 P0 H2 @5 i/ S
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With the next hundred chores- z6 B# [8 F" t# q8 p4 K

& U! p. v0 D0 q( \0 GRunning through your head?
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You'd better slow down8 F  X4 y1 L. p1 l3 R
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Don't dance so fast.
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6 H# x" j4 L& |" lTime is short.
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The music won't last.# U- Y  ?/ i) G' t3 w

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Ever told your child,; j' A: g& \/ f  S' {( m

6 c. Q- ?8 X# _& r# u/ _/ cWe'll do it tomorrow?
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# l1 j1 Y7 k* l+ kAnd in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?
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Let a good friendship die) c! I# p, [& z5 N
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Cause you never had time# M. C6 g8 _4 d! `/ a, a
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To call and say,"Hi"
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  Q' O5 u- e/ ~8 A- cYou'd better slow down., q* h& X+ M7 }1 ?
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Don't dance so fast.
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' [8 u# l4 z: g4 W- N7 p8 t' ]Time is short.
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, E6 n$ i, A( lThe music won't last.
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  V) q& j& b4 Q$ Z' u; }+ YWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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% T; `( q7 v  \( m; `, R6 aYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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/ f; l3 R2 ?8 OWhen you worry and hurry through your day,, V* v7 ]6 I! ]$ h/ \3 w1 o

- T1 M8 q& U# l% H" @; Q7 BIt is like an unopened gift....0 O: p$ M( x* o' n1 V

6 W% r2 t/ L" t* ^0 S! `Thrown away.
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. K- s5 o3 ]  ]0 z' r7 Z, M2 g9 jLife is not a race.4 X6 t: ]+ X5 g/ [2 m0 J& J
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Do take it slower9 Q& L* `) _4 ]( d

. |7 _+ ^, n+ W- V  L6 K% Y5 ]  a2 r4 fHear the music
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Before the song is over." S- V0 x6 K6 [) e$ A/ k: |3 f0 r

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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT., W1 Z" d: f& U( u: _) `! ?
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' B6 m" ]$ H+ ~# p7 P- o8 vDear All:
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* c/ P. N8 s  w: m% G# u" l( `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.
) M5 p, q  f" M7 {/ yThis 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.. W- O* f3 y6 h# O
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.5 O5 h+ V+ G/ N2 j; B' d
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!
# j+ B  I* W- B. `PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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1 l: m4 T+ m& p7 @1 e$ \. t, m( IDr. Dennis Shields, Professor" G) k& Z  [( O/ n
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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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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3 w1 S* t+ O; t4 Y) ~, p7 ]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。
, \: k2 y% ~( Y/ R7 J3 d- V) L( Q: ]好好爱着好好活着....... s7 s/ Q/ `4 u

/ C2 Q6 e4 m) M3 U% w6 J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
7 v+ E8 t  j4 |: ~' W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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是啊,心疼就一个字!
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