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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.  ( W% l5 _' t( X% n1 [9 M6 l

& ]& h6 B/ o) t% j" H7 TShe wants to see how many people get her poem.  
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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.! \6 A" N2 F# E0 R3 }3 f$ B

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* f9 o, K7 X; k5 s9 U8 t7 oIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.5 Q+ L! H6 [% k

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( ]+ B% Y3 ]3 H( I- x7 ~SLOW DANCE6 |+ ?- J, e2 [
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' y3 K0 N! N( `5 \1 y4 t; THave you ever watched kids
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; D' {; K( S& vOn a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain( O4 R/ q: w3 s1 H& f+ ^- z
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Slapping on the ground?5 A! j1 \) t2 {) `

7 |: |' K6 |. Z, X+ A+ bEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?) P5 o9 C" @$ q! |3 X( c2 J+ k

; p2 g1 ?+ `: V0 F& [& {: g3 BOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?% |2 j9 j8 `$ K3 d6 X' ]# K) r9 _

6 `4 {7 P. W! c5 e  uYou better slow down.
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2 a1 p7 ]5 F+ \( D. @Don't dance so fast.$ R% U9 B$ H$ D' d
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Time is short.) X6 z+ Z8 ^+ Q
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The music won't last.( ~+ l' g  U1 s& x/ @+ s* B) r

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Do you run through each day, E6 L$ r  m- o1 {; l/ [
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On the fly?/ I4 m6 C, ^. F) r9 o
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When you ask How are you?. E% r7 J% c% ^9 J; E% N3 E  {

! T$ s, `, |3 ^Do you hear the reply?
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When the day is done
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! R/ v- v( Y  _9 yDo you lie in your bed7 b5 Z; L2 T! S& w1 b
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With the next hundred chores
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2 b) R: \9 Q& x5 QRunning through your head?. d- Q; f- {8 }# D* V
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You'd better slow down9 M( q' p$ Y8 g% q. l
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.2 }6 m7 H$ ?# A5 b, ~

. `' R( v, S' UThe music won't last.2 K% Y( U& y' o, h1 p9 y
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/ Z$ ?6 E: {' I0 g, Z% x1 `Ever told your child,
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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" F( o( b7 P$ V( t1 GAnd in your haste,1 l% i5 O3 T+ e
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Not see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,
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6 _; x# z; q6 }+ V* n6 ]; }; u: VLet a good friendship die6 V5 O, [# E! @, p2 O

7 ?6 `, q0 _: A0 k- ^0 l$ sCause you never had time: D: y4 L; W/ Z$ w7 x% b' z
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To call and say,"Hi"
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0 c' P  F. ^. U& }1 i/ e$ _9 m) QYou'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.3 ^* y- c% ?. J8 R  k; ~8 W
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Time is short.' t& r/ G0 T- i$ }* x$ p
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The music won't last.+ y( k& H9 f% h

  }" }8 d5 n0 L" a% C' Z! NWhen you run so fast to get somewhere( c% w2 _, h0 h: i" s

' l7 C; o; Z$ MYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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- n2 u2 S! f) }( e; |When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....# i# C6 f5 w& L3 i
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Thrown away.+ k# W2 ]( E5 ~2 M- h( t$ m

9 c7 H: D: ~( N8 YLife is not a race." N5 [5 w3 N1 X( d6 J: q( L

1 R# m1 v5 E/ ?8 S# {Do take it slower
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Hear the music9 W- @9 s" P! u' \9 q/ d6 u  P; h, a
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Before the song is over.$ G' z1 k) w$ _' ~! A- k
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:8 h+ \* @' m" {5 A- L2 _

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" C4 U) ~- q) I  a+ w9 A- x8 [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.
8 M% J; l6 I2 Z3 s( u2 PThis 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.2 d  @" w8 r) c4 w7 L
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.- p$ l* a$ c: w: q8 X: q6 ?
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!7 W$ b0 G5 w' ]+ _: q
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.. A+ }: Q' `6 e# O( f7 X- w

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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor0 c* O# \, A# o2 \1 h
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology1 h: }$ G8 t: ^6 i9 T* ?/ @( S
1300 Morris Park Avenue
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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。6 N% k1 L0 L4 S2 i. [6 x

( d2 |& P. D% H' [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。9 e' d8 U( U% ], k( a5 c
好好爱着好好活着......
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2 s; x* z9 U8 o- 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* |5 E' O: m' u
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。3 Q( j) D; b  }( A+ n1 J
好好爱着好好活着......; ^- a) o& u( c3 l* J% S
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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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