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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.  ( Q3 H# F! C7 Q. w

6 M, \3 w! u+ e% _1 J2 GShe wants to see how many people get her poem.  
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It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.; C; j5 s( x8 q9 m/ l
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.  s1 x7 D2 I# m
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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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% d7 |; z( A7 G. G; `! ^: }1 P' hSLOW DANCE
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% w$ j' I7 e8 z1 c: x9 ]# WHave you ever watched kids( \" B( F  {0 R

# r. \( {8 |/ n$ z4 YOn a merry-go-round?4 s- R& D/ v4 V- `$ |. |- y/ w0 }
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Or listened to the rain0 @5 g4 a0 ]$ R- E% b

  U( [4 u+ j. W& USlapping on the ground?* C" x9 r( u1 [  [4 E

" t# q% H3 K9 q0 u/ }Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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& j+ Q& ]8 a+ ]! t  X+ o% q) }& xOr gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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/ ]+ b! b6 L4 P7 G& wYou better slow down.2 p6 D* P2 H) U) J' F3 G! q

0 N9 K/ c% t1 s3 uDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.$ c9 M' c1 `% j- k% h# `2 L
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The music won't last.
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8 F& r0 R- J# s, bDo you run through each day, W6 B* u1 E: A8 `  c
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On the fly?
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! W2 ~8 a6 O2 A: sWhen you ask How are you?
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Do you hear the reply?
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When the day is done7 `; C: V# N# Z) g
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Do you lie in your bed
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With the next hundred chores( P4 |8 Z0 K" s! {  x+ n

; N# {& M' U* ]9 u; _6 N8 z3 I2 QRunning through your head?9 V* C& X( U9 y" O/ o/ T. Z
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You'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.* p! z, C0 A  z7 s$ `! ]+ a1 j

$ q7 |+ l. h8 _$ zTime is short." ?" I5 F* }8 |. Z  T8 x+ y
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The music won't last.. R8 b& |3 Q) ?  d+ _
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Ever told your child,
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# K1 o; N. `" U9 NWe'll do it tomorrow?7 {+ C" m" M: Y
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And in your haste,
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3 P3 q* F: n3 {8 VNot see his sorrow?
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, l9 R* p" e: f0 J  kEver lost touch,( G! ^' Q2 x! C# d
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Let a good friendship die7 Y; R& B) ]9 Z8 k7 M! R
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Cause you never had time, w% w4 P2 e1 F* L. }, |$ t- z$ k

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You'd better slow down.8 Y* e* Y0 m; W7 r* U; g4 P& M9 h

" c) R: p* r4 R7 ?) f0 WDon't dance so fast.
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6 L; c2 j/ L4 K: ~9 `3 }Time is short.; O; }5 v! F- H; h4 K8 K- Y; n

9 H; y; U0 I" ~6 f- Y6 D4 u7 LThe music won't last.
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When you run so fast to get somewhere/ L; G' h* \/ L1 j: P+ \4 a& Y

/ [4 O/ b6 C0 {0 x2 _You miss half the fun of getting there.
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+ ^& x; ~+ K# d6 p$ \' j/ NWhen you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift....
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Thrown away.5 \1 S! g" `/ r! P
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Life is not a race.7 ~* R7 F$ D5 h9 l& m
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Do take it slower! w: r' n* g* R

0 T# y* B8 J( T  `& ~$ mHear the music
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Before the song is over.; a3 {1 a' r7 m6 i; ?

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# ]- K% x2 r& Z9 GFORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.( P% Q6 N/ m7 R6 {+ B

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Dear All:
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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.
4 c  Q+ i' N+ E' @8 DShe'll never make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
: v5 x' Y2 I6 X9 \  N3 WBy 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!7 Y5 S0 d& ~, P  p* S
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.1 J$ G+ |$ w# G

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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor1 b" e1 p  K3 Q  F# N* b
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology: ~& O6 P( T+ x5 n3 r8 c, n
1300 Morris Park Avenue& T$ W! q) G: M, c% n, ~- U
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。
$ X: Z$ b; z& L" R3 V" Q" @* f好好爱着好好活着......
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8 Y. ~2 i: c  H" i. n2 T1 ]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6 f, x! h  I1 b+ i; v
小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。2 e1 u8 h4 v% B7 Q- Y
好好爱着好好活着......# |: r0 b) c8 P4 D: Y' [& k
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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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