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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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She wants to see how many people get her poem.  
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# s6 r' o% @- s0 b/ ]) ^6 qIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.6 k) P; v- k8 k  y( v- Z( N

: _; _+ m# f. b& r) Z# IThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.% |9 G/ {5 \9 t+ Z% f5 K/ h
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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.
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SLOW DANCE# C/ S% G2 _3 f& d7 W: e

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Have you ever watched kids
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, u* R* [- R; _; V& aOn a merry-go-round?( X$ }( b+ P2 {7 i% W
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Or listened to the rain. V1 U4 O" ^6 ?& [$ a9 s: o

* y$ F: S* Z: O! u( b* oSlapping on the ground?
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, o% M& `* l9 x# IEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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! G6 e$ r* T: b  kOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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You better slow down.# V! C& E( \8 p: O, _

+ W7 @' P  ^- a; d) |4 @Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.# c5 Q' M( y3 i6 X
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The music won't last.! o1 ?3 E# y$ E& Y; v
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Do you run through each day5 r6 i) D# a3 T$ P
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On the fly?& U% u5 ?$ u7 `, Z# T/ Z
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When you ask How are you?3 @7 v6 A& H2 ~
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Do you hear the reply?
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When the day is done
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6 H8 f" P7 L! {/ \! B9 A) ~Do you lie in your bed
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, P. K  x7 e8 {0 H& sWith the next hundred chores8 l  l  x3 A7 u( P  `1 _# M2 A
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Running through your head?* h7 {# A( L% J; h. j3 E
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You'd better slow down
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6 j5 W6 `& k0 @* p- n/ x1 @( ?2 GDon't dance so fast.
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4 T3 p5 N0 b9 J6 v- KTime is short.9 ~2 R. e+ }% `8 o! y5 M# o4 s

, Y% D5 }9 w& v) H7 C4 {7 c: ]1 ]The music won't last.4 E; i9 M8 B7 p9 F% a. V
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7 g, {. O' R6 b% z! V+ TEver told your child,; A3 f! u6 C  `+ Q; |4 W

; J: g4 J5 Q# r9 U/ G! IWe'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,
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9 {! l' h  G+ i& o  R+ D4 VNot see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,
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Let a good friendship die9 [: g' U% d- i2 ^% D
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Cause you never had time
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To call and say,"Hi"
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You'd better slow down.
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Don't dance so fast.: F" s2 v0 g2 ^  u, F0 o- Z
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$ ]5 {% A3 y7 X' L$ b" r6 V, w% ~The music won't last.9 m/ p# Z8 H! b: l4 H8 c  l; r% {
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When you run so fast to get somewhere& R4 L4 W; L' s/ H  t: d

5 [9 j, j& K! o4 c6 Z# o+ ZYou miss half the fun of getting there.4 C+ j/ N! r( b2 O7 A+ {4 m. O% J* f

; j1 v+ C' U3 Y: ]& \; B) u3 f4 aWhen you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....7 M+ j4 M0 r$ l8 T! s. r3 H% x
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Thrown away.: ~1 ?. ]& n1 D/ `$ ]
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Life is not a race.3 V6 Z& n$ J5 m4 \+ [
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Do take it slower, T3 p% {! ^6 {, S# F

/ R% T( j  d* {1 ]* hHear the music/ u2 R$ k2 z. ?6 h. S

  A3 D" r  q) C. L6 o  A- o* S( l" WBefore the song is over.
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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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." g) ]& ^% K6 R! R- a
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.& M$ E# o+ s# m
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
9 H1 }, s4 I3 L, O* n/ LBy 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" \7 g& P+ n# y6 ^) K
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。
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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。. w  l) l. l0 `; p8 ]6 z
好好爱着好好活着......9 m+ d( ]5 ~6 U9 I
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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
) A# v+ }: e' |% v- I$ C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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