Fw: Please read to the end

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Please read to the end > > > > > > It is so easy to lose sight of what is important. > This came this morning as a little reminder. > > > > > > > > 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. > > PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL. > > ALL 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. > > 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 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 > > send it to at least 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 Park Avenue > > Bronx, New York 10461 > > > > > > > > > > >**************************************************************************** > > >