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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.  + O8 o% b) x8 j. S3 v* L& k
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She wants to see how many people get her poem.  ) ^1 K9 @$ k. A$ l2 b

( F/ s# C* h+ G# `7 \It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
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- t6 H# W- V1 c# U, cThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.7 s; x" T1 Y# O8 }
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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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  k, z6 Y8 l% c  n9 ~SLOW DANCE: n. \( v: c0 u# D
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' J6 a: |0 ?8 SHave you ever watched kids( Q3 j& O& z7 Z, D1 P( U  C

+ ^5 J% |% \* k( r4 v1 DOn a merry-go-round?
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Or listened to the rain6 J# E; ^5 R2 u) {0 r: R
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Slapping on the ground?
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1 r& w9 ~! j/ B+ x. @! Z3 K$ W: nEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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6 X" A$ ?5 @$ [5 QOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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) {: L2 g, Y  @8 F4 g; J3 Y* nYou better slow down.( F! N7 D. ^( _7 b6 ^4 \
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Don't dance so fast.
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" K: s  p' L9 B; O3 RTime is short.% B. g3 p% B/ R$ j1 g8 N2 \
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The music won't last.- i+ ?0 K7 \% H  S$ [# V
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Do you run through each day
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On the fly?9 r  w% E7 h+ b' A7 E

1 c' `0 ^) n  `+ e* b, pWhen you ask How are you?, F1 K9 n! ~6 T
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Do you hear the reply?
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( v4 E, V6 F  f& s4 T# T" R' kWhen the day is done7 c8 W% e9 n7 T
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Do you lie in your bed
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; O5 q8 g9 E+ a) L! j# k9 EWith the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?
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; G  t1 ]5 b7 o( kYou'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.2 i- {; p( e* V7 d1 r* |) z
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Time is short., z3 E0 f5 C/ E1 f
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The music won't last.
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Ever told your child,7 {9 F" f3 y  @( X1 J
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We'll do it tomorrow?8 H; z- I9 D  k- b4 w

3 q+ H2 n5 J4 T' O" XAnd in your haste,
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Not see his sorrow?( y- A3 c5 ~' W+ O7 K
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Ever lost touch,
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' I% Y: J$ G1 ^. \0 a: k2 jLet a good friendship die+ T% [! U0 t% d' V$ |% `

4 s0 b% Z5 P, P0 e4 T5 B% y+ _, HCause you never had time
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4 M: o" ^4 Y+ Q, HTo call and say,"Hi"5 A" ^# @9 v3 a7 J1 n+ b

7 r# P2 z0 b9 \1 V% }$ VYou'd better slow down.3 N' j# S! v# _

- @' a, Z  E2 a' p& h( e0 WDon't dance so fast., R) k2 _7 @" `& a$ o/ u; }
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Time is short.
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# Y1 Z' `" s9 i2 wThe music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere  `7 A" o# h4 J9 W
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You miss half the fun of getting there.
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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9 y6 }; n$ T9 P! PIt is like an unopened gift....! u5 ~% z5 V. S& `+ X" {# q3 z+ w
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Thrown away.
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Life is not a race." [2 A, D2 @) h2 R/ U/ e

7 r- w( t1 X8 NDo take it slower
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Hear the music
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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7 H  h8 ?  ?9 GDear All:9 [2 {$ I' |8 J$ d) ^5 c' F& ^7 v+ W

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' M) {- k. _5 Q: t4 x! ~$ Z' s) KPLEASE 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., A8 {! b/ \) g( l
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.- N5 }8 h8 K1 j: J1 O1 G: w; U
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.# M9 p' K0 B8 P$ f; t# \6 S1 G
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!! |: T/ d, C% P+ X: T; ]
PLEASE 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。" o( A9 a7 `) ^( B- [. Y. I" O
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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。
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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) m( B* N2 H1 q  b% W2 _1 |
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。: o. G  h: R- d% h7 y
好好爱着好好活着......
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我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。

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