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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.  # E; }* A% @) e9 C' [

& Z+ X% ^/ g' l! B1 Y# p( FShe wants to see how many people get her poem.  , @5 u0 G$ g: \4 y. z; x" K1 ]. D$ d3 D

0 L7 |* N3 F" N  T+ H1 pIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
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' v$ r/ y# {  m. F+ ]7 zThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.$ r+ D/ c' N% D+ e) G7 C; M
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+ ~; X6 B9 |1 B% B& y2 a5 \0 KIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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8 x. @) a7 g3 a- H- C, w; x3 QSLOW DANCE: K) S- k! Q, G3 J

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& G4 k5 ]4 \# ]3 [- JHave you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?; x7 l* `! ]2 J% e

. H; P3 a' y  S( u8 {Or listened to the rain
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: @: c6 T7 v: f9 ASlapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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' E6 ]8 C1 C# c' Y% T/ MOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?; S2 \; T7 D2 d  I

' Y- [9 c9 T2 O. J! F4 nYou better slow down.
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, T9 a+ F  G' X7 @- X! w1 L3 SDon't dance so fast.( w2 [0 q9 m: G
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Time is short./ q- C( d# g, N! h3 z5 U$ N

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Do you run through each day8 V& t2 U0 P; h0 f* O- s( L

4 |0 Z# t. b" x1 G5 Y$ jOn the fly?
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+ |1 D( Z4 y' w0 gWhen you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?
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" z. k# i& S* l$ V& g+ l  pWhen the day is done$ M* F1 z* `% _- E. e
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Do you lie in your bed7 Y/ r$ g' S% M7 {( {$ x

3 K; x; x3 T; z9 iWith the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?
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You'd better slow down; G( ]3 x) J1 m& W

. _! o* X# b9 v' MDon't dance so fast.) `. q$ B3 L- ^/ b- j+ r5 j

2 Y5 u$ E$ h* h! |6 HTime is short.
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4 B# A/ L8 u: o! l! VThe music won't last.. p! f, i: C, \4 K* c. F

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Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?0 e# E1 e1 I, D0 k6 @

; F* Q8 v8 _# `: M* `" [And in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time& S. o- r5 Z4 K5 w6 C! x( z8 ?3 z& r
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To call and say,"Hi"3 x; v$ k) A4 Z% Z

3 ~  E3 Y% ^7 Q( \% {+ FYou'd better slow down.4 S& E9 V" U- L* F7 h0 M' w4 `" M. `4 w! i
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Don't dance so fast.: c) b8 W$ v1 l

9 |5 B- K9 e. \Time is short.
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* H" Z8 n9 |2 q! P* r5 wThe music won't last.
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% _! m  p6 z- G2 E" PWhen you run so fast to get somewhere3 a5 s5 _0 d* A  r

% w7 X$ i4 z. [$ ZYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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! P# B4 ?) u, M2 LWhen you worry and hurry through your day,9 ]5 U) J( a# ?" z* i
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It is like an unopened gift....( }7 |: d8 X% d9 a0 ?* R' J0 F( m$ V2 w

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2 Y' a" I6 a+ g& e, Y2 I3 G: ?+ v( WLife is not a race.; E1 E* K" C4 G" Z$ J

3 F- f6 H& L* M7 H  [! N. CDo take it slower
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Hear the music+ g7 ?( U( p  i3 {7 [, z$ g1 a2 r
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Before the song is over.
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+ s% ^7 c$ k1 y1 [( nFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT." I* [: d! ]. T

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" {1 F6 n' v0 {3 ?( aDear All:
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( p; L+ s0 ]7 m9 i% `# vPLEASE 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.
  a' F5 G$ d, `; h- ?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.
1 _% [  V2 j+ c4 E& OShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
/ s1 F" g2 t# `' ]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, Professor
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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。, ]- y; g* V1 E' h- N1 G* {
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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。, a" U9 `5 y) ?& [# d* g/ B
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
老杨团队 追求完美
原帖由 听雪安妮 于 2006-10-4 22:16 发表
4 X+ M+ `" B: V4 k1 C  a/ \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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* l' O# i. E2 J8 v, O8 W& D$ `我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。
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# j5 h6 C! d9 [5 d是啊,心疼就一个字!
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