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.

                                Author Unknown