Listen...

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 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
Because 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's like an unopened gift, thrown away.


Life is not a race.
Do take it slower.
Hear the music before the song is over.

That's a poem written by a young girl before she died of cancer a few years ago. A friend sent the poem to me through e-mail and there's such a wonderful message in it! Cherish each day you have, they are special gifts from God and we shouldn't fool around with them.