First I am going to apologize for the length of this post but I received an email today with this poem in it. It was written by a girl who has 6 months left to live and just wants to see how many people will see her poem. I don't know her name or anything about her so I can't give her credit but oh how I would love to meet her. She seems as though she has way more wisdom that I could ever wish for.
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.
We all rush through life, I'm guilty of it.
I make to-do lists constantly because when I get to highlight something off of it I feel so accomplished. But is that what I really want to be remembered for? Finishing my life to-do list?
I want people to look at my life and say wow God changed her life and consumed her.
I don't want to leave anything left on the track. Give it everything I have and leave with nothing.
Stop and smell the flowers.
Stop and call your best friend right now.
Stop and Listen to God.
Just stop.
Love,
Katie
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