Thought for the Day!

[lufttiger]

Thought i would share this with you guys, i got it from my wife who's a teacher.


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.


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.


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!

[Jim O]

Seen it several times. Nice poem but it's a crock.

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Amy Bruce / Slow Dance

[lufttiger]

Jeez! thats not cool!, however the poem is still nice. Thanks for the heads
up Jim.

[gi-rene]

Ah Snopes, destroyer of urban legends and chain mails!

[The Shadow]

Originally Posted by Jim O

Nice poem but it's a crock.

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Amy Bruce / Slow Dance

It's a crock?

Darn! I've also seen it a couple of times and passed it on to everyone on planet earth that I know ...... Yep! Both of them!

But, like "lufttiger" said, it's a nice poem!!

[Geek44]

Nice poem. Nice urban legend too...somebody though hard about how to share those sentiments with as many people as possible (if a little sneakily). My hat's off to 'em.
Peace.

[Trailboss49]

Well, like my Dad told me when I was reading some political proganda from LBJ's 1964 presidental campaign, "Boy, don't believe everything you read."