Sunday Nugget-Slow Dance

The following appeared in my e-mail box today forwarded from a friend. I thought it was nice.

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 runso 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 --- (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


Have a Blessed Sunday.

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