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 benefits of sunscreen been proved by scientists the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable Than my own meandering experience, I will dispense this now
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh, mind You not understand the power and beauty of your youth they've faded but trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back At of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really You are not as fat as you
Don't worry the future Or know worrying is as effective 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 worried The kind blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday Do one thing every day scares you
Don't be with other people's hearts Don't put up with who are reckless with yours
Don't waste time on jealousy Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're The race is and in the end, it's only with yourself Remember you receive, forget the insults, if you succeed in doing this, tell me how Keep your old love letters, throw away 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 I know still don't Get plenty of Be kind to knees You'll them when they're gone
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you you'll have children, maybe you won't Maybe divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken' On 75th wedding anniversary Whatever you do, don't congratulate too much Or berate yourself Your choices are half chance, so are everybody
Enjoy your body, use it way you can be afraid of it or what other people think of it It's the instrument you'll ever own Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but own living room Read the directions even if you don't them Do not read beauty magazines, will only make you feel ugly
Get to know your parents, you never when they'll be gone for good Be nice to your siblings, your best link to your past And the people most likely to stick with you in the
Understand 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 people you knew you were young Live in New York City once but before it makes you hard Live in northern California once but leave before it you soft
Accept certain inalienable Prices will rise, politicians philander, you, too, will get old And you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young Prices were reasonable, were noble And children respected their
your elders
Don't expect else to support you Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll a wealthy spouse 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 careful 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, it off, painting over the ugly parts And recycling it for than it's worth
But trust me on the