I got this email very in the morning... Its touching...

Here is the email as it is ...



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.

--------------------



FORWARDED

E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.



Dear All:



PLEASE pass this mail 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 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



at least send it to 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 Morris Park Avenue

Bronx, New York 10461

I got this email very in the morning... Its touching...
Here is the email as it is ...

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.
--------------------

FORWARDED
E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.

Dear All:

PLEASE pass this mail 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 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

at least send it to 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 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, New York 10461

Recently read a book Longitudes and Attitudes authored by Thomas L Friedman..

Few good stuff made me smile and ponder for a while....



there was a panel discussion about 21st century corporations at Davos world economic forum

Some of the chilling statements, The key to winning in business is adapt or die,

get wired or get killed, work 24/7 from every where or left behind. At the end, Howard Stringer,

chairman of Sony, stood up and said: "doesn't any one here sounds like a vision of hell ? while

we are all competing or dying, where will there be time for sex or music or books ?

stop the world, I want to get off."



Sometimes I feel, Has the growing technology made life easier or the opposite. A man with cell phones,

PDA, pagers, beepers, players, hanging on his belt, looks more like a telephone repairman..

the number of gadgets is increasing every day, So is the the social stress attached with them..



A new phrase in the air, "device creep", machines don't serve us, we serve them and my identity

is now less important than the data that is stored about me. Have a nice day.



Jeffrey Garten, dean of Yale school, said: "May be its not time for us to adapt or die, but for

the technology to adapt or die...

Recently read a book Longitudes and Attitudes authored by Thomas L Friedman..
Few good stuff made me smile and ponder for a while....

there was a panel discussion about 21st century corporations at Davos world economic forum
Some of the chilling statements, The key to winning in business is adapt or die,
get wired or get killed, work 24/7 from every where or left behind. At the end, Howard Stringer,
chairman of Sony, stood up and said: "doesn't any one here sounds like a vision of hell ? while
we are all competing or dying, where will there be time for sex or music or books ?
stop the world, I want to get off."

Sometimes I feel, Has the growing technology made life easier or the opposite. A man with cell phones,
PDA, pagers, beepers, players, hanging on his belt, looks more like a telephone repairman..
the number of gadgets is increasing every day, So is the the social stress attached with them..

A new phrase in the air, "device creep", machines don't serve us, we serve them and my identity
is now less important than the data that is stored about me. Have a nice day.

Jeffrey Garten, dean of Yale school, said: "May be its not time for us to adapt or die, but for
the technology to adapt or die...