Ladies and of the class of '99 Wear
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, would be it The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by Whereas the rest of my has no basis more reliable Than my own meandering experience, I will dispense advice now
Enjoy the power and of your youth, oh, never mind You will not understand the power and of your youth Until they've but trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back At photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't now How much possibility lay you and how fabulous you really looked You are not as fat as you
Don't worry about the Or know that worrying is as as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your mind The kind blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday Do one thing day that scares you
Don't be reckless other people's hearts Don't put up people who are reckless with yours
Don't waste your on jealousy Sometimes you're ahead, you're behind The is long and in the end, it's only with yourself Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults, if you succeed in doing this, me how Keep old love letters, throw away your old bank statements
Don't feel guilty if you know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do their lives of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't Get of calcium Be kind to your You'll them when they're gone
you'll marry, maybe you won't Maybe you'll have children, maybe you Maybe you'll at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken' On your wedding anniversary Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too Or berate yourself choices are half chance, so are everybody else's
Enjoy your body, use it way you can be afraid of it or what other people think of it It's the greatest you'll ever own Dance, even if you have to do it but your own living room Read the directions even if you follow them Do not beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly
Get to know your parents, you know when they'll be gone for good Be nice to your siblings, your best link to your past And the most likely to stick with you in the future
that friends come and go But a precious few, who should on
hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle For as the you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young Live in New York City once but leave before it you hard Live in northern California once but leave before it you soft
Accept inalienable truths Prices rise, politicians will philander, you, too, will get old And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were were reasonable, politicians were noble And respected their elders
Respect elders
Don't expect anyone else to you Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy But you never know when either one run out
Don't too much with your hair Or by the time 40 it will look 85
Be whose advice you buy but be patient with those who supply it is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past From the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly And it for more than it's worth
But me on the sunscreen