Have you ever watched kids
 On a merry-go-round?
 Or listened to the rain lapping 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.
 
 PLEASE pass this message on to everybody you know. It is the request of
 a little girl who will soon leave this world, as she has been a victim
 of a serious and fatal form of cancer. Please inform everyone you know.

 This little girl has 6 months left to live, and as her dying wish,
 she wanted to send a chain letter telling everyone to live his or her
 life to fullest, since she never will. She'll never make it to her prom,
 graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.
 By your sending this to as many people as possible, you can give her and
 her family a little hope, because with every name that this is sent to,
 The American Cancer Society will donate 3 cents per name to her
 treatment and recovery plan. One guy sent this to 500 people! Take a
 minute and send it to at least 5 or 6.