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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.  / z" Q% E3 c! a( F) m

4 i# ?' m8 j( y; l2 Q! H* m+ X3 B0 }. qIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on." n9 x" H$ t. ?
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital./ ?; @1 \- c$ S
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0 a1 t' Q7 k6 T1 tIt! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.4 g3 Q' p. ?. ]: V" \

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SLOW DANCE/ ]: G( B9 S  p" u1 v

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2 @. P; l0 d# Z/ s' }% ]Have you ever watched kids
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On a merry-go-round?: e% s4 T5 N/ F$ @' V7 K* C
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Or listened to the rain/ w7 T4 B: J$ ]( _& Z; r' M) r
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Slapping on the ground?
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1 O) r) k  D* _# i" C+ jEver followed a butterfly's erratic flight?; }  \2 R; I8 s7 `1 }
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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2 U. t+ D; k/ eYou better slow down.+ P5 f6 v( X4 |+ Y- a- j6 \0 C0 _; I
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Don't dance so fast./ @  u9 Z3 @' ^6 l

4 d6 Z: S, C! tTime is short.: V0 Q8 P) N+ k. e7 k+ Y& q, F( `
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The music won't last.8 o9 ]. p( s2 @4 f/ t! f. Z

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Do you run through each day$ M, ^# c" b+ C6 m% j% U9 W% U7 n
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On the fly?. e* T* P0 o. X. F) L9 r2 l" S
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When you ask How are you?7 g( Q* _1 F0 p' g# e1 c; c

* y& W0 W6 \% i' RDo you hear the reply?" I" K1 R# H* L" L2 V/ B

' m1 I7 W1 f* u! b3 }2 kWhen the day is done% R3 X; D( o+ l* p" S
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# T* n: O# E1 n5 h+ C( C7 hDo you lie in your bed
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With the next hundred chores
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2 o9 N2 w5 a. ^0 c* ORunning through your head?
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  F+ @- j" e1 b6 R3 P; ]You'd better slow down; ?0 L6 j# G4 ]! ^6 g8 U, k9 K
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Don't dance so fast.3 P4 E$ k2 o; w) g( O# R1 @

5 X& l' h* y4 v- r0 w+ P( yTime is short.
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4 Z6 w- J  I3 X0 a/ y! k6 HThe music won't last.
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3 O& {2 C. Y/ ]- X  qEver told your child,$ @9 E0 l* N: i0 Z0 d! L+ p. g9 S1 [6 Z

) W8 F/ y$ C( H2 A9 |- hWe'll do it tomorrow?
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7 r. W- |5 Y* Q4 i, m1 uAnd in your haste,
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) M) B2 i4 I+ ]6 v4 FNot see his sorrow?, W. o3 n. o3 g# e! d0 F# e

6 w3 ~# r/ Y: g9 d" FEver lost touch,
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7 q' d3 ^! j8 x% z8 q; I2 ZLet a good friendship die
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4 T6 W8 I' F% y2 e8 C/ uCause you never had time- H( A$ M  r! \! X" p9 _
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To call and say,"Hi"
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) _/ @7 j) |0 `' W+ ~' k5 v0 i2 PYou'd better slow down.% J/ C+ w/ |5 W& ^0 B5 `* U9 K+ l0 E

) V8 V- B% g% p$ @8 ?Don't dance so fast.
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5 a8 K7 M$ m9 E, u# H7 I0 }Time is short.
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The music won't last.  g" l1 O+ L: f0 C# x  `

0 v0 w' V8 C9 K$ s# A  v5 k9 U, `0 rWhen you run so fast to get somewhere
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1 n7 a9 G4 R1 V  [  H6 |When you worry and hurry through your day,8 ~$ B9 a9 ~* u/ l, U
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.
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+ _( U# t+ ^" Y/ m9 qLife is not a race.1 C. @$ @! B/ q5 x" I
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Do take it slower
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4 G# K) p' |* ]( L8 m4 T7 hHear the music
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' Z% V" `$ o' F0 f$ ?Before the song is over.- R' G8 P8 f- b' h& ]% V) L
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; s4 p# C, L" U9 I0 a" \FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.1 k' w+ O" _) K& |- h  N
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) U+ P* w2 l+ g1 HPLEASE 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.
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She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
/ j& A, }/ R) o$ O+ P, A' v6 ^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!' H7 r( J" T. Q0 {5 E
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor8 d: d; Q8 t: l" u) t: {$ u: T
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology! N1 r% C, O: P3 U
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。# |) {3 J: g% L* F; k" X, |

& M+ a' [' V$ S# b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. r* `" z# Q& g
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。9 g/ K& E$ T# S
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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, ^; a# I  c+ f! C* N( [是啊,心疼就一个字!
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