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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.  ! ?4 ]+ R) w# O; V" x
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She wants to see how many people get her poem.  
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" S: z4 c8 d. i0 _6 j( Z$ RIt is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.% B! |$ T$ n+ L* v) o
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This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital." {% ^! `2 ~, m7 X4 Z8 T

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; S; I% b, N6 \It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.$ N, V9 K0 x1 p& y( _1 T
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SLOW DANCE
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Have you ever watched kids7 @/ P& \& H* K4 W7 K. _
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On a merry-go-round?
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Slapping on the ground?
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?# T6 r' ?" G0 b0 v: k
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
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# k2 m2 H& Z& u/ KYou better slow down." P' e. V- y- I7 x

( N8 O9 p. k* }! tDon't dance so fast.
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1 Q1 d: _3 ^" X0 k1 a, _; pTime is short.
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' u* p7 e2 }" C3 X  X# r+ [5 V! xThe music won't last.
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Do you run through each day& Z% q; I8 {* K- p1 Y

/ f5 i' N: `( n! q* m9 yOn the fly?. X; E: e: R: j: E
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When you ask How are you?, s8 Q6 W6 e, V6 [5 n# q

, k3 N/ f* ?7 A$ ^9 f2 LDo you hear the reply?( A* r, t8 e  X9 m! |/ N

& {/ u" `) j, dWhen 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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) X2 \# w( e. m$ N5 r: }  ARunning through your head?; H$ I' q' x$ U% I

2 u6 N3 H' o! e7 A1 N% iYou'd better slow down
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. Y# C2 c3 L/ f) ]9 B# R" JDon't dance so fast.. X0 }, g9 L  j# C+ L2 E

& S8 t* [8 ]; f+ |# W8 E0 hTime is short.
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The music won't last.: [$ Q$ j1 W4 Q& X. g$ _

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0 T% t" Y; b6 X  t0 Q( JEver told your child,' `7 w3 H; a1 X- Y) f2 t
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We'll do it tomorrow?
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And in your haste,% |: C3 I/ F# {, i8 X/ k
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Not see his sorrow?: R! Y; M% g0 s6 c
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Ever lost touch,/ f" s+ v8 w* K0 _

! D4 |( W: N* W8 q" r! ILet a good friendship die0 Q3 M! k# Q' J; [$ o9 O) L$ ]2 M, Q
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Cause you never had time8 G1 W( s# o+ j4 S

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2 u% @4 z- x4 N, [6 `* ?You'd better slow down.( G( d- m  `% r0 p  [3 Q

- M9 `6 }' [0 Y0 ZDon't dance so fast.
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Time is short.$ k  v9 ~$ x6 i: O! o6 H, z) }
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The music won't last.$ j: E' U$ k; m6 f
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When you run so fast to get somewhere
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When you worry and hurry through your day,
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It is like an unopened gift...." f5 t" b/ p: L
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Thrown away.
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Life is not a race.
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Hear the music
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Before the song is over.! x6 r1 M4 I, [, Z. z  S0 |: E
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.% A# F6 K: r$ s6 a' l; u: q( _. }* ~

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- b3 U1 y! t- f( r; o  A* gDear All:& o0 T9 a  `7 y# z, q1 O8 Y

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; i8 I! A! b/ O! y9 x* v3 p5 s; f8 ^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." e# ]3 W: P3 i/ N: w4 o! _
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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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!- I- w6 J- ?7 `2 A
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.  G! `- o+ n& o% j9 A8 @6 w8 P3 z) ?
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: b+ O* O5 ]8 b! K8 [Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor" H; C2 l, _  V8 c+ r
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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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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5 J6 T1 V8 u8 L9 x5 p! t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。
, |) O% g& F' Q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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 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
. v: o; v# U) i/ @! |% r小女孩悟出这些并且一字一句地写下来,真让人心疼。
' \% J9 ~" Q3 A/ [$ b: c8 _好好爱着好好活着......
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9 k8 D* I* A* w& ], ^我会COPY下来发给我能够发给的朋友。

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: M0 Y' F7 `6 x, ?8 h0 u5 q! S0 i( ~是啊,心疼就一个字!
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