Don’t Dance So Fast. Time Is Short. The Music Won’t Last..

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!