Thursday, April 3, 2008

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.....

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