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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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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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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 DANCE5 P# f- {/ I, b

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Have you ever watched kids0 s. X" }# [# o6 t( U0 x9 j

1 J  ]- D8 n5 ~- |On a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain
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+ ?* G2 @# |4 c6 q; ESlapping on the ground?6 i# T7 s4 U; @  N6 o) s
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?% k9 q  E# k& ?. k9 X  ~
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?+ ~! k+ N) N( x, P2 x5 ]( y

5 R" D# D: g. |; @6 f2 TYou better slow down.
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& ?* _. A% z: |( z4 w" {: N8 K9 J, rDon't dance so fast.+ F% C3 V0 G( _
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Time is short.1 l  g4 Z$ K$ o/ Q
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The music won't last.. ?: x# A$ Q) f" s5 O6 h

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Do you run through each day
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! i" h2 O; A. R9 S+ COn the fly?
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) P, X7 O& p" N6 p* W1 YWhen you ask How are you?: Z* q: {# ]9 `2 P) D
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Do you hear the reply?" \2 J7 g/ e' S
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When the day is done
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& Z# M: L9 S$ r. ]& F# q) i& @+ XDo you lie in your bed0 w( @3 a1 i1 _1 k; O

6 e/ Y: d7 C/ m" Z, t# m1 ?With the next hundred chores5 T& U2 \6 c# [" |$ B2 e5 [6 H

. Y* [; j5 f$ J$ Q! c& ]7 o6 B0 URunning through your head?! h5 h+ C3 ?% S) P/ q

: f" r6 ?5 L) u& H0 ]2 uYou'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.+ q3 a- o, q! c! M0 g" f

2 L* C7 X6 K+ QTime is short.
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The music won't last.* c& l* x% A, ^. h2 Y
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, `2 X# N( M* H- uEver told your child,' o3 [& x/ C5 z. _. g  t0 B/ z! a

+ b& j+ G3 c9 g/ X, {2 c4 @1 [We'll do it tomorrow?* E) E* q) \! j' t6 k" ~

) l8 z8 W% L! ~! P0 w5 VAnd in your haste,3 s9 Q/ B/ b1 S5 ~. Z, ~
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Not see his sorrow?' A. g* o  f* J: u5 Z; ~, `

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Let a good friendship die
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" Z8 z7 y" P( t4 S5 T" r3 }Cause you never had time+ R! y1 [& O; n

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8 o6 k7 ]) K4 y% l9 r  @8 ?! ]# XYou'd better slow down.
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3 Q+ x* `2 }' i- e5 b6 iDon't dance so fast.: I, S9 u4 u& K/ F# \

4 ^( u! e$ ], p5 b6 F' J( y4 pTime is short.
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1 r+ _' P7 O5 s1 ~1 f0 k7 V2 i; WThe music won't last./ Y  x' [* X# K& W" U' i

* `1 S' H# @" i, ?8 y! ZWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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2 Z4 j" E% D! X$ fYou miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....
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1 f: x" C0 X* X* ]$ r/ XThrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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Do take it slower9 {3 o' R% d+ U0 r4 k2 T

% v- l; |& r6 c  a0 F, ~8 s5 pHear 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.: N" x+ g- D) v" X4 L8 A1 t' h
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. U& t1 M3 a" g5 t0 o- ]Dear 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.# l, d$ [5 U! |0 C, W3 p
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.6 a* L$ Y( l: v& g2 Q
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
. n: @6 o  D5 n% ~$ ABy 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!# v" [; _5 Z9 j* p. T. B
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.; q1 L0 A) p0 }! T7 ]# P
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor8 T( Q- T: d* @" T1 ^3 w
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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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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) r" b  n' g) u0 T6 o$ O2 P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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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- N6 H+ B- ~- E7 C
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。, ~4 d$ E  Z. Y8 A
好好爱着好好活着......
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7 i/ P4 p  T) f% L3 \7 q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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