Dear all,
This is a poem written by a teenager suffering from cancer in a New York hospital. Life is uncertain, so let's thank God for each day that we live and spread joy and happiness wherever we go. I really felt I should contribute as it really is an exceptional poem and makes you reflect on your life too....

                                             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 seen 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 pass this 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 form high school, or get married and have a family of her own...

We have all our life left, so lets honour her by living every moment of life. 

Carpe diem people!!!  

-Anagha