<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><b>“Slow Dance” </b></div><div>(Author Unknown)</div><div> </div><div>Have you ever watched kids</div><div>On a merry-go-round?</div><div>Or listened to the rain</div><div>Slapping on the ground?</div><div>Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?</div><div>Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?</div><div> </div><div>You better slow down.</div><div>Don't dance so fast.</div><div>Time is short.</div><div>The music won't last.</div><div> </div><div>Do you run through each day</div><div>On the fly?</div><div>When you ask How are you?</div><div>Do you hear the reply?</div><div> </div><div>When the day is done</div><div>Do you lie in your bed</div><div>With the next hundred chores</div><div>Running through your head?</div><div> </div><div>You'd better slow down</div><div>Don't dance so fast.</div><div>Time is short.</div><div>The music won't last.</div><div> </div><div>Ever told your child,</div><div>We'll do it tomorrow?</div><div>And in your haste,</div><div>Not see his sorrow?</div><div> </div><div>Ever lost touch,</div><div>Let a good friendship die</div><div>Cause you never had time</div><div>To call and say, "Hi"</div><div> </div><div>You'd better slow down.</div><div>Don't dance so fast.</div><div>Time is short.</div><div>The music won't last.</div><div> </div><div>When you run so fast to get somewhere</div><div>You miss half the fun of getting there.</div><div>When you worry and hurry through your day,</div><div>It is like an unopened gift thrown away.</div><div> </div><div>Life is not a race.</div><div>Do take it slower</div><div>Hear the music</div><div>Before the song is over.</div></div><div><br></div>———————————————<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>