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.

1. When you’re 92, you shouldn’t have to beg for the salt shaker, even if you do have congestive heart failure.

2. Our profession has no room for bullies or whiners.

3. Every day I’ve held a hand but forgotten to chart vitals, I still may have come out ahead.

4. A good doctor is one who’ll say, ” I have no idea what’s going on with this patient. Come help me figure it out.”

5. Nursing in the hardest and easiest thing I’ve ever done.

6. Whatever I need in a hurry will be in someone else’s room.

7. Healing the spirit is as important as healing the mind.

8. If I don’t take care of myself, I can’t take care of anyone else.

9. A body believes every word you tell it.

10. Time flies whether or not I’m having fun.

11. A lot of patients get well in spite of us, but even more get well because of us.

12. If I don’t get emotionally involved with my patients, it’s time for me to change professions.

13. It’s usually better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission, especially if I’m taking a St. Bernard to see a child in ICU.

14. Professionals give advice but healers share wisdom.

15. If I don’t celebrate the exquisiteness of each day, I’ve lost something I’ll never get back.

16. Grief knows no rules.

17. The more unloving a patient acts, the more he needs to be loved.

18. Some things have to be believed to be seen.

19. No one promises us tomorrow.

20. If I can’t cure, I can still care.

Ten little Christians standing in a line,
One disliked the pastor, then there were nine.

Nine little Christians stayed up very late,
One slept in on Sunday, then there were eight.

Eight little Christians on their way to heaven,
One took the low road, then there were seven.

Seven little Christians chirping like chicks,
One disliked the music, then there were six.

Six little Christians seemed very much alive,
But one lost his interest, then there were five.

Five little Christians pulling for Heaven’s shore,
But one stopped to rest, then there were four.

Four little Christians, each busy as a bee,
One got her feelings hurt, then there were three.

Three little Christians knew what to do,
One joined the sports crowd, then there were two.

Two little Christians, our rhyme is nearly done,
Differed with each other, then there was one.

One little Christian can’t do much ’tis true;
Brought his friend to Bible study, then there were two.

Two earnest Christians, each won one more,
That doubled their number, then there were four.

Four sincere Christians worked early and late,
Each won another, then there were eight.

Eight little Christians, if they doubled as before,
In just a few short weeks, we’d have 1,024.

In this little jingle, there’s a lesson true,
You belong to the building, or the wrecking crew.