jacq
05-05-07, 10:16
I got this e-mail today from a relative, and it made me realize i spend my life wishing every day to be over and running to keep ahead of my panic. But i felt very humbled when i read this and realised there are people who would face this everyday rather than face the alternative.
Slow Dance
>>
>>This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
>>She wants to see how many people get her poem.
>>It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
>>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. It's not even your money,
>>just your time!
>>
>> PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
Even if you dont pass it on remember it when you are having bad days.
Slow Dance
>>
>>This is a poem written by a teenager with cancer.
>>She wants to see how many people get her poem.
>>It is quite the poem. Please pass it on.
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
>>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. It's not even your money,
>>just your time!
>>
>> PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST.
Even if you dont pass it on remember it when you are having bad days.