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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.  6 s+ l3 V* p. O6 e& S! o
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It is quite the poem.  Please pass it on.
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* \) \  Z' U0 B& OThis poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.& V, G! P9 Z+ Y& R1 [7 T' N3 n) c

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It! was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.: N0 h, C! L; `2 g

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' E' m* m$ y# [" R2 r, V/ vSLOW DANCE
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Have you ever watched kids: y3 t. ^0 `% |+ \  N9 v5 f4 U

5 R2 \. W; l" y, _9 NOn a merry-go-round?
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4 ~+ M* Y5 _/ r2 f7 EOr listened to the rain7 l6 }; [4 D- Z/ m$ O" B

! D: z2 ]+ M! ^! uSlapping on the ground?$ P# i% E) _# ?* Z
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Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
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Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?9 c# J, k  @" t. m
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You better slow down.$ W- \' [, J" d" i

0 F& {0 ?2 |5 T" C  ^Don't dance so fast.) g' U) R# m9 ?0 O$ l7 e
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Time is short.! {1 Y& f& ~6 P) H

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, m% k# N" n8 R" b+ n! t8 vDo you run through each day
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On the fly?0 p- i! I8 G) y' B3 P
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When you ask How are you?
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2 e7 ~0 K  x3 g( a3 o# RDo you hear the reply?- L  _3 i6 d6 e; q

7 W: `- g3 L( I' l- M  ~When the day is done+ o  A$ J9 e7 V
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Do you lie in your bed
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# a6 N5 @: r+ L! K! E" vWith the next hundred chores
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Running through your head?) }' Y" ]" T2 ~- \7 g# ?2 V

& U* w, K: ~( z# n0 M, z: fYou'd better slow down
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Don't dance so fast.
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) M5 A0 D8 c9 N; d2 {3 {Time is short.8 N  o* U/ |* a0 `+ z! s# ?/ D) M

2 Y6 A* X; P2 N* }* g* tThe music won't last.* I9 m: W: {3 l/ U+ M

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Ever told your child,/ D. w$ V2 i8 ]* Y- o- ?8 b9 r

+ O* N2 f; M+ E6 V5 a# [3 F& HWe'll do it tomorrow?
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, E# @% I% \) N( u1 r& d3 \And in your haste,  T% q! j5 [- H+ J5 |

8 `8 l; r& x2 S  d2 E! d& [( ^/ g/ ANot see his sorrow?
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5 Q+ ?) P& z3 Q3 e+ G) Y! E" dEver lost touch,
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2 [1 Z# t' V) }) mLet a good friendship die
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# Z5 S$ C, o2 e( yCause you never had time* v8 N8 Q* D; o6 }' n& B" |
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To call and say,"Hi". ?( s4 h% W3 j
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You'd better slow down./ v' H) ~2 Q# v

5 j5 E8 n7 O% a4 R* z8 @5 nDon't dance so fast.+ Z+ z7 H) n1 P
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Time is short.2 M4 r* Y& d( C5 F

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! G2 S* M# g7 S! |# kWhen you run so fast to get somewhere! M! n4 c% Z- g+ B: A
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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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$ ]  N1 i: r; m% i5 v- WIt is like an unopened gift....* t2 G% h5 H# ]; i; p' f5 ]  u
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Thrown away., a; T* d3 Z: \; N+ k) B
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Life is not a race.7 {- o5 Z# |8 k6 E" r, G
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Do take it slower
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) c( c2 S* L% q( Q- n  p; H% lHear the music; Q! h8 T0 K) C4 V' L. h

6 b2 J% z% K7 E1 ~Before the song is over.
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FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
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Dear All:
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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.
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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.
. G% o+ Q+ s! u$ FBy 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!/ h" J5 g' u2 C1 B  _+ k
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
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Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor7 L8 E" \4 u- Z) E; l
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
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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。8 j. Y2 \* w4 I0 I( W# x

4 k- Q7 I2 o# a$ w" L: `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。
$ I0 g& G6 Y2 l) R; {$ c+ P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" l1 [) b. R; P% K
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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5 X2 a$ x& u2 m- m5 V: k* X+ j是啊,心疼就一个字!
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