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