Ladies and of the class of '99 sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen be it The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable Than my own meandering experience, I will dispense this now
Enjoy the power and of your youth, oh, never mind You will not understand the and beauty of your youth Until they've faded but trust me, in 20 years, look back At photos of yourself and recall in a way you grasp now How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you looked You are not as fat as you
Don't worry the future Or know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing gum The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never your worried mind The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Do one thing every day scares you
be reckless with other people's hearts Don't put up people who are reckless with yours
Don't waste time on jealousy Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're The race is long and in the end, only with yourself Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults, if you in doing this, tell me how your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with lives Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still Get of calcium Be to your knees You'll them when they're gone
Maybe you'll marry, you won't Maybe have children, maybe you won't Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the Chicken' On your 75th anniversary Whatever you do, don't congratulate too much Or berate yourself choices are half chance, so are everybody else's
Enjoy body, use it every way you can Don't be of it or what other people think of it It's the greatest instrument ever own Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but own living room Read the directions even if you don't follow Do not beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly
Get to know parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good Be nice to siblings, they're your best link to your past And the people most likely to with you in the future
Understand that friends and go But a precious few, who should on
hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle For as the older you get, the more you need the you knew when you were young Live in New York City once but leave before it makes you Live in northern once but leave before it makes you soft
Accept certain inalienable Prices will rise, will philander, you, too, will get old And when you do, you'll fantasize when you were young were reasonable, politicians were noble And children respected their
Respect elders
Don't expect anyone to support you Maybe you have a fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse But you never know when either one run out
Don't mess too much with hair Or by the time you're 40 it will 85
Be careful whose advice you buy but be with those who supply it Advice is a form of nostalgia, 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 trust me on the