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 will not last.

Do you run through each day on the fly?

When you ask, "How are you?"

Do you hear the reply?

Do you lie in bed

With the next hundred chores

Running through your head?

You better slow down

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short. The music will not 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 the 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.

- unknown

I read this somewhere a long time ago..... I guess I am guilty of running through life as if it were a race, many times especially in the past 5 years. But the past 6 months have taught me the importance of slowing down. The importance of appreciating the small things in life. The importance of spending time with your loved ones. Life is very unpredictable. You often don't realise what you are missing until it's gone..... sometimes forever.... And no amount of regret is going to bring back what's gone. So slow down n let's hear the music before the song is over.....