Guest guest Posted May 26, 2001 Report Share Posted May 26, 2001 Slow Down Monday, May 21, 2001 3:18 PM Slow Down slow dance by terminally ill young girl > > slow dance > > > This is written by a terminally ill > > > young girl in a New York > > > Hospital. It was sent by a medical doctor - > > > Dr. Yeou Cheng Ma. > > > > > > Please do what you can to help fulfill this young > > > girl's dream by > > > also reading 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 thru' 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. > > > > > > PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL > > > FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL > > > COUNT. > > > > > > Dear All: > > > PLEASE pass > > > this mail on to everybody you know. > > > It is the request > > > of a special little girl who will soon leave this world as > > > she has > > > cancer. > > > Thank you for your effort, this isn't a chain > > > letter, but a choice for > > > all > > > of us to save a little girl that's > > > dying of a serious and fatal form of > > > cancer. > > > Please send this to everyone > > > you know... or don't know. > > > > > > This little 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 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 send it to at least 5 > > > or 6. 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 > > > Albert Einstein College of Medicine of > > > Yeshiva University > > > 1300 Morris Park Avenue > > > Bronx, New York > > > 10461 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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