Don't dance so fast

I am sure many of you have seen the poem posted below, I know that I have seen it several times. It has touched me everytime I read it, but for some reason today it has touched me the most. That is why I decide to post it. I am not sure if it because I have serveral people that mean a lot to me who are having health issues right now or if it is becuase that I need to be reminded to slow down a bit and enjoy life.

I remember when I was little that I would wish that I was older. I wanted to sit with the grown ups and be a part of their converstation. I wanted to be able to drive, to go places on my own, to go to bars and clubs. Now that I am grown and growing older, I wonder where the time went. There are so many other things that I want to do in my life time that I have not yet done. I have so many other responsilbilities now that it is hard to find the time to do the other things that I have always wanted. It is like I wished so hard to be grown up, that it happened and I can not go back and get that time. I know , well at least I hope that I still have time to fulfill some of those dreams that I have had, but at least now I know that I need to slow down and not wish for something so far in the future that I miss the present.

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 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.