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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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It 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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6 I* f1 ?+ k. B1 L& w+ E3 iIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM./ ~. ?) K) t- I% `# o

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SLOW DANCE
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' [$ ~7 c6 \5 }" LHave you ever watched kids9 p- \. B; z" u

/ r) i; a' {# JOn a merry-go-round?
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  v2 D- A- n+ |! z+ e0 Q4 v* COr listened to the rain! _8 R* S' b. J1 F# }% v2 I: S" G& s% W
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Slapping on the ground?( E  f: Q5 U) E9 t
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?) Q& u/ ]4 O% `. k! w4 V  A
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You better slow down.
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9 a9 e. h0 S% vDon't dance so fast.5 t  i0 Y7 V& ^. I( W1 q: U4 h
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Time is short.
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  W0 Z' p6 U6 @5 ]; S- s* bThe music won't last.
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0 j7 p( U0 I3 G& n. I* y$ kDo you run through each day) {& i+ w& }9 I* h* U/ K4 G8 p$ H

  y5 P- ~; j% E6 q- N, P+ |$ M; WOn the fly?
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When you ask How are you?  P7 n+ c/ l2 H, v0 B8 p
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Do you hear the reply?- O: I8 Y& j2 f/ H8 D) s9 {
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When the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed' y4 j+ g& Z! Z# U5 `

& x  P( ~: c; {2 C' JWith the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?
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You'd better slow down
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7 ~) _# `, k( b! @7 @Don't dance so fast.0 e5 Q/ Q" K0 F0 y& l
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Time is short.9 }, C6 ^; o0 g: d; [: O

) }; Q+ s# j3 M( ?5 C2 X. VThe music won't last.
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Ever told your child,) A$ [! q, P0 E+ ^6 [/ e1 {9 E

: I* V! n, r* K6 l4 i( FWe'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,4 A; v* _$ P7 I  k1 a. g

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Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time1 Q! y: A4 ~  o2 V6 V
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To call and say,"Hi"
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. N8 r5 N  p% t/ w7 wYou'd better slow down.6 c0 X; _& R, ^  b1 A6 ^
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Don't dance so fast.1 Z+ F: o( b# n) n

# |, g% N/ t$ ?) b* l4 r2 v$ uTime is short.
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! u( n' D, \' s; m2 {, W3 WWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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) \; d: e  X' ~& n/ ~" I( OYou miss half the fun of getting there.7 Q& U" i" q: o9 T& J! G, {
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....+ `# R5 E/ q6 ~* N8 `( P
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Thrown away.' u; I2 O% X! D) e) p
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Life is not a race.
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.
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5 L" P& R/ ?/ l5 `* p) {# j/ dFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.& [% v$ }; s: t
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- r2 a/ H9 C, ]" EPLEASE 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.+ g, h+ `" Z- `
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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1 f/ t; g' X5 |3 m$ x' q* uBy 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!
* U. a+ Y# ]) ~4 m: u/ U! V6 [& TPLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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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。3 G( {8 r! f% a, P. t& r! ]" k
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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。+ Q+ `0 _- J5 A$ F& H
好好爱着好好活着......& x/ Y3 `* J7 |9 G! o( S

- z" \1 g2 o* Y! R. e3 ~+ N: }5 ?2 `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
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好好爱着好好活着......
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+ v; u4 J$ \6 G7 [& 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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