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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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" U% X. K+ ~4 v7 ~% n# f8 \  @' XIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on., g+ `& i% P7 l/ b, D

; v( P- y6 v$ _, wThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.
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' V7 |/ \- f6 B/ @) j" S+ S' qIt! 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  Z! k2 t6 t/ S2 s; n7 L/ z. O
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; s: s  E- J0 y5 {6 n! [3 pHave you ever watched kids; u  V  D( g+ ?% Y' x

+ d( z4 W/ F: Z3 f+ z" x) o4 ~On a merry-go-round?: `) U2 Y/ ?" e& S; R; o
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Or listened to the rain6 p& s% V' Q' G1 s  n, @7 Z: S4 C

- U4 d9 @; T" M4 e3 g- n2 qSlapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?( X2 t7 I' z8 l8 D* u! y6 _- x
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You better slow down.
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- q7 W" h/ `2 R% iDon't dance so fast.
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. u% I0 I# X2 p4 h. VTime is short.
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The music won't last.
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% H& Q2 i* H4 @2 I3 JDo you run through each day" E- p* r2 J. h

/ L. K" n" Q! q5 VOn the fly?
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; [5 B2 L: w( J, S* B3 b1 W5 xWhen you ask How are you?* C! d8 \) r. h2 U+ l
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Do you hear the reply?5 Z: @: k! m  t' u' F, `

. S+ i! i, A* }; Z; h) O: Q* b$ |When the day is done
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Do you lie in your bed
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With the next hundred chores
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6 f4 Q$ ~/ z; _' {8 ZRunning through your head?
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You'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.& O# o- Y, D# t# ?# l

1 z6 U6 F2 Y  W$ T3 j) p+ \3 ^. WTime is short.+ i0 ]8 a7 l) R8 P0 p
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The music won't last./ y9 B9 b" f9 k" ^- Q, r

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Ever told your child,5 }# H4 P0 o5 U1 H# h0 \# [

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; V) u) ~3 G; g2 ^+ |( q+ B/ \$ cAnd in your haste,: K/ Q9 O" X  ?. s* l

8 K' Y2 ^4 u* c) k$ c+ uNot see his sorrow?
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Ever lost touch,, O, I1 ^+ {% j$ k; E: @6 T

  j, l& p7 ], d! l; X+ X$ W) CLet a good friendship die
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Cause you never had time+ Z4 Y) K, ?9 }* P6 {9 x2 m1 ?
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To call and say,"Hi"
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2 }: s1 w$ V( _  \4 xYou'd better slow down.* j* x7 T" p+ p6 \
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Don't dance so fast.
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Time is short.
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The music won't last.
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4 O6 W2 j& D2 eWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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$ J6 v2 q+ m% E# ]8 \! Y( aWhen you worry and hurry through your day,
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: v7 Z. w' E  y& Y. L6 C% WIt is like an unopened gift....' ^3 a2 f2 \0 j$ `1 \# S

6 f: C7 q: {# |3 g. q' S* j0 GThrown away.) H& t7 z! a- j% U, f, M- t6 z+ @
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Life is not a race.5 O  D" S( s5 {3 v
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Do take it slower3 o+ t+ T/ j5 |- b! s
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Hear the music: f) P" O  }2 P& g1 A4 h& z2 a5 {

1 T1 q4 z2 ]. h* v  v0 d1 t& ?Before the song is over.. {8 H2 R' \7 M  G! ]9 M* c

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  f/ b. o' ~( P! CFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.; d6 q. ~5 Q& D0 q" c

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Dear All:
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* L; _2 g5 a9 v; y, LPLEASE 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.: s% r+ M; |( d0 r- t( V* e. K
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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: x4 l" H* |% ~, `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!; w0 M/ E+ ~4 A$ ]4 V2 e
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.  k# v+ v/ U, d4 K1 F5 K; U6 f* G  F7 l

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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor) y: N. q& z$ t
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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。  U# }. t. b  k1 m3 e; r
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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。! j& z0 O. J  `, \
好好爱着好好活着......
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- a3 f( ~, w# B& C) d2 F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
. ~. I# |- |8 F4 \3 @小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。4 l# `' W' N8 K5 A+ E' K
好好爱着好好活着......) E/ L% }" m, X$ |# ~, f/ H8 w
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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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