PLEASE SLOW DOWN AND READ THIS

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.


I thought this was the perfect reminder to slow down and live our lives like each day could be our last.

God is holding this girl in his arms now.

Love...Jeanne

Comments

[Barbara]

Jeanne, Having trouble composing my comment.....such true words to have been written by a young girl and who knows better than someone who is dying. This poem makes me happy and sad at the same time. I will copy it if it is Ok...Keep it as a daily reminder. Thanks so much for sharing.

Have a great weekend.

Hugs. Barbara

[Tracy]

They beauty and wisdom of this poems touches the heart deeply... a real recipe for living now, one's best life each day... Thanks for sharing this, Jeanne! :o) ((HUGS))

[Beverly]

Missing you.

[Vickie]

How touching. I will stop dancing so fast for today, and try to do that each day. Beautiful!

[MyThoughtsMyVoice]

Time really is short. And everyday, no matter how we get used to the life we wake up to - sometimes we think of it more as a routine and just monotonous. But then, something unexpected happens.

I admire this little child for seeing things differently. Making the best of everything and realizing the the simple things in life are truly the ones that matter - if we only learn to stop or at least slow down.

Oh Jeanne, I'm a little bit sad knowing that this child has passed on but happy that where she is now is home.