Dear All

I have just received this e-mail, I don't know
if the statement at the end of the poem is true, 
but I thought I would send it anyway, as the 
poem does make one think and, if it is true, 
what the heck, we may have helped the 'little girl'

Send it on if you think appropriate.     

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'd 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.


>From original e-mail:

PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL 

I just received this mail from a friend of mine in my College. 
Please respond to it. It will just mean employing a little bit of time and 
won't cost you a penny. All it needs is the heart for you to send  this mail. 
PLEASE pass this mail on to everybody you know. It is the 
request of a little girl who will soon leave this world as she has been a 
victim of the terrible disease called CANCER. Thank you for your effort, 
this isn't a chain letter, but a choice for all of us to save a little 
girl that's dying of a serious and fatal form of Cancer. Please send this 
to everyone you know...or don't know. This little girl has 6 months 
left to live, and as her dying wish, she wanted to send a chain 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 send it to at least 5 or 6. Come on you guys.... And if you're 
too selfish to take 10-15 minutes scrolling this and forwarding it to  
EVERYONE, then you are one sick person. Just think it could be you one 
day. It's not even your money, just your time!!! PLEASE PASS ON  

Dr. Dennis Shields
Professor
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
Albert Einstein  College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, New York 10461
Phone 718-430-3306
Fax 718-430-8567




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