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A Lesson To B e Learned

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  • lionjack
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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 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 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 un-opened

 Gift

Thrown away.

 

Life is not a

Race

Do take it slower

Hear the

music

 

Before the song is over

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • linlou
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How many times during the course of one week do I look at my husband and say, "I hate our hectic schedule.  I hate this rat-race routine."  I've read this poem before, and it always resonates with me.  Thanks for sharing it so I could see it again, LJ.
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  • tlou
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   I have done what is asked in this poem.  In my head, I constantly "take pictures" of moments & hope & pray that I will remember this moment of time.  I try to take time for my friends & loved ones & let other responsibilities go.  I do NOT DO IT OFTEN enough.

   Thanks for the reminder, LJ.  We have today to make memories for ourselves, our families & friends.  We have only today to make a difference in this world.  I think I can...I think I can...

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  • kenn
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I am with you on this one trying to enjoy not each day, but every moment.

They sure do fly by.

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