Ladies and of the class of '99 sunscreen
If I offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it The long-term benefits of sunscreen have proved by scientists Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more Than my own meandering experience, I will dispense this now
Enjoy the power and beauty of youth, oh, never mind You will not understand the power and of your youth they've faded but trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back At photos of yourself and in a way you can't grasp now How much possibility lay before you and how you really 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 by chewing bubble gum The real troubles in life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind The kind blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday Do one thing every day scares you
Don't be reckless with other people's Don't put up with people who are with yours
Don't waste your time on Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're The race is and in the end, it's only with yourself Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults, if you succeed in doing this, 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 with life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do their lives Some of the most 40-year-olds I know still don't Get of calcium Be kind to knees miss them when they're gone
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you Maybe you'll have children, you won't Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe dance the 'Funky Chicken' On 75th wedding anniversary Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too Or berate either Your choices are half chance, so are else's
your body, use it every way you can Don't be afraid of it or what other 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 if you don't follow them Do not read beauty magazines, they only make you feel ugly
Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be for good Be nice to your siblings, they're your link to your past And the people most likely to with you in the future
Understand friends come and go But a few, who should hold on
Work to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle For as the older you get, the more you the people you knew when you were young Live in New York City but leave before it makes you hard Live in northern California once but before it makes you soft
Accept certain inalienable Prices rise, politicians will philander, you, too, will get old And when you do, you'll that when you were young Prices were reasonable, politicians were And children respected their
Respect elders
Don't expect anyone else to you Maybe you have a trust fund, you'll have a wealthy spouse But you never know when either one run out
Don't mess too much with your Or by the time you're 40 it look 85
Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient with those who it Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of the past From the disposal, it off, painting over the ugly parts And recycling it for more it's worth
But me on the sunscreen