Passage19 Slow Down

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?

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.

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.

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放慢你的舞步

你曾否看过孩子们骑旋转木马

或听过雨水拍打地面的声音呢？

你曾否追逐过飘忽不定的蝴蝶

或欣赏夕阳落山的景致呢？

你是否每天忙个不停

当问候别人时，你真的在意他们的回答吗？

每晚就寝时

你是否仍在脑海中念叨着无数的杂事呢？

放慢你的舞步

不要匆匆忙忙

人生苦短

音乐不会永远奏下去。

当你匆忙赶到目的地时，

也就错过了旅途中一半的乐趣。

当你终日忧心忡忡并马不停蹄时，

就像一份礼物还没被拆开

就已被丢弃……

人生不是一场竞赛。

放慢你的脚步

在音乐还没结束以前

倾听沿途的音符

编者点评

慢，并不是懒惰，而是一种态度；慢，并不是拖延，而是一种平衡。在这个天天嚷嚷着“时间就是金钱”的快节奏社会里，慢生活则是一种优雅的回归。从明天起，慢慢地吃，轻松地工作，用心去聆听，投入地去爱，温婉地交际，做一个幸福的人……