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
   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.