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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.  
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6 l8 ^. o; w# Z! ^1 ]She wants to see how many people get her poem.  4 c/ r; l  `. |" @, \

& z0 h, U+ D* m; a5 c0 |It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
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- p: l4 j. Q) \+ n; t) m, cThis 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.6 a0 V; l3 f: `" ^; F/ {

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SLOW DANCE
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Have you ever watched kids2 t& J6 a/ f) t/ v2 h! ?
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On a merry-go-round?
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  a0 ~& k- y! TOr listened to the rain4 P7 T! \$ v  N" X& }* k
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Slapping on the ground?  j  P  Z: U4 g: H, f+ |

  g" t1 x3 b5 v# p% N: N& ?) V, ?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.% M, ^$ V* N2 A1 W/ A1 n, [
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.
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- `: e9 d- D" l( k2 m; eThe music won't last.4 s" h; C! A1 k$ F2 G" X0 [

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Do you run through each day
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On the fly?
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6 X! @. I  |7 M2 w3 s) X9 Z; ~When you ask How are you?* J8 @' T3 z# C% u

  @- Y' b6 w; y/ LDo you hear the reply?
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4 r/ H0 ]4 a5 n+ p8 ~" U5 qWhen the day is done# F/ v5 K0 Y0 d
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Do you lie in your bed1 S9 h: x5 Y0 }' p9 `" D

# h3 Z8 W8 H+ ^  OWith the next hundred chores
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( v1 S5 H, r% P6 k; ]  @( `Running through your head?5 g1 @- [/ Z" E+ R+ v- I

; b1 G* S% D5 f) A( x- T$ R8 f- }You'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.
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7 S7 e* p1 D, tThe music won't last.  g8 g( v# F/ X! l

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- m+ Q4 e/ K* b' G- sEver told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?& U7 E& V' W* b% K( @$ J3 J6 a
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And in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?
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  b  w; z- }) a& D/ WEver lost touch,3 p6 c( S8 w+ _* w
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Let a good friendship die6 M/ W  Q0 H0 \6 \/ S7 ?
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Cause you never had time  O! K5 L: t5 R

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- ?6 p, W) |/ B' Y: QYou'd better slow down.
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8 k# e8 }$ |1 Q6 D% R# L' {Don't dance so fast.8 W3 X0 H6 |6 O0 z# G$ U! _# j
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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You miss half the fun of getting there.( |( b+ h! V( L% `  c- A
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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& ~& m* k: [4 e2 I2 ~$ pIt is like an unopened gift....
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: ?8 ]1 ^$ }8 h$ BThrown away.* j7 J7 H; m5 Y9 L/ _0 H
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Life is not a race.
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% s! g  e9 r& G) q) S) WDo take it slower
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.+ Z/ e. d1 m8 m$ {9 {9 [" [

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% i) b. R! [- l2 D& V4 bDear 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.
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She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
# P; B, D" j9 k- N7 R0 u% BBy 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, Professor0 g; f7 X+ y" u2 N2 i; n
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。8 P- p  U2 N- y4 |% z
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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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* @/ s! ]5 r0 u( d, d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: R5 ~$ u) s: |/ N, e6 X
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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- `; C8 S; e" G  y% |0 z. C% q5 z0 h我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。

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* j$ E( D( M3 f, p是啊,心疼就一个字!
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