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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

SLOW DANCE

This is one of my favorite poem of all times, some say it is written by a girl dying from cancer and some say it is written by a psychologist named David L. Weatherford. Whoever written this beautiful poem, I think he or she managed to sum up life beautifully. Just slow down and enjoy life because in our haste, sometimes we fail to see the beauty around us.

S L O W D A N C E

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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