Don’t Dance So Fast. Time Is Short. The Music Won’t Last..
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When I opened my inbox today I had one of those chain-messages you always used to get when you were in high-school, so as soon as I knew what it was, I deleted it.
But just a minute ago I dropped over to one of my fitness colleagues’ blog, and I found this message written by a young girl in New York, terminally ill with cancer. After reading the first lines, I felt I remembered it from somewhere, and that was when it hit me, this was the email I deleted earlier today from my email inbox.
After reading it at Simon’s blog, I felt I just had to do the same thing and share this poem with everyone. I did the very same mistake the girl in the poem are telling us not to – “don’t dance so fast”. I was in such a hurry that I didn’t even bother reading the email from my inbox, and as you’ll notice when reading the poem, I missed out on a beautiful and very touching message. Don’t make the same mistake as I did!
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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.
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So please, follow this young girls advice. Make a phone call to an old friend, tell your family how much you love them, spend an extra minute or two with your kids. Drop whatever you currently are doing and spread the joy of love and friendship!
Share this message with everyone you know!
Regards,
Jonas
PS. Thanks Simon for sharing this poem with us!
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Simon said:
Hi Jonas, it’s so true! We all need to take some time to stand back, watch the world spin like crazy and realise that there are far more important things in life to think about besides making money and have material possessions.
We need to do more of the important things; spend time with family, cultivate our friendships and look after ourselves, both physically and mentally.
I too thought this poem was just another piece of junk mail when I first read it. Like you I was too busy with everyday life to stop, take note and really appreciate its message. But I’m glad I did now.
It goes to show that if you whizz through life, you miss the finer, more important details…
Thanks Jonas!
January 9th, 2009 at 6:17 am -
AUDREY said:
This is a great story. Thanks!
May 3rd, 2009 at 7:27 pm -
oyun said:
I too thought this poem was just another piece of junk mail when I first read it. Like you I was too busy with everyday life to stop, take note and really appreciate its message. But I’m glad I did now.
It goes to show that if you whizz through life, you miss the finer, more important details…
January 25th, 2010 at 2:00 pm -
KIM said:
who is this poem By!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 1st, 2010 at 3:41 pm -
Summer said:
I’m a teenager and its just my personality that my family says I take the time to watch the beautiful things in everyday life. My family also says that I show love towards them maybe too often. I’ve been working to get them to just stop and watch the baby deer cross the river with its mother, or just relax, take a breath, and walk slowly because what she said is all true, ‘when you run so fast to get somewhere you miss half the fun of getting there’ this is a lovely poem and most people tell there daughter or son that they’re too busy with work or with what they are doing to play with dolls or pass a football. You need to cherish the time you have to play dolls or pass a football, because they are growing up and you are too.
July 6th, 2010 at 9:39 am -
Sanalika Hileleri said:
I Love Music!
Cool!July 8th, 2010 at 12:05 am -
tires said:
What a beautiful Poem! Was definitely worth my time to read it
Till then,
Jean
July 15th, 2010 at 11:00 pm -
çizgi film İzle said:
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July 25th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
