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Slow Dance

A terminally-ill young girl, stationed in a New York-based hospital, sends us a touching poem on how not to miss little joys of life.
She wishes the poem reaches as many people as possible.

   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,
   because 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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