Rosemead Kiwanis Club

"Serving the Community Since 1945"

FAX OF

LIFE

The Fax of Life
A weekly inspiration, courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley
January 29, 2006 Volume 11 Number 18

SLOW DANCE
(Written anonymously by a young terminally ill cancer patient at a New York Hospital)

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'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.

Forwarded by Verna Brown

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.

The Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley is a community service club and meets at the Heavenly Café in Scotts Valley on Wednesdays at 7am. You are welcome to join us anytime.

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