jaymo

I got this in my email and thought I would share it .
It made me stop and think....


Slow Dance
This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.

It was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.



SLOW DANCE

Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.


Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.


Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say,"Hi"
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.


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FORWARDED
E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.
Dear All:
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.
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.
She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high
school, or get married and have a family of her own.
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 ---
(just think ,it could be you one day).
It's not even your money, just your time!
PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST
Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, New York 10461


My mom passed in 99 of cancer also and since then I dont take life so seriosly anymore. Atleast try I should say..


I sent it to all the people on my email list...

John Rodriguez

They can't track emails.

jaymo

Well either way I thought the poem was nice...

Shovelhead

I edited it to remove all the spaces so it would be easier to read, and so I wouldn't wear out my scrolling wheel finger.

BigBlue

Wear out your scrolling finger? You'll never be top poster if you don't exercise your scrolling finger. It's one of the most important fingers you have. It gives you the ability to scroll as fast as possible to the next thread so you can put up a post and move on to the next one.

jaymo

Thanks shovel, Im pretty dumb when it comes to computers. Well alot of things but thats another story...