Ladies and gentlemen of the of '99 Wear
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen be it The long-term benefits of sunscreen have proved by scientists Whereas the of my advice has no basis more reliable 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 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 lay before you and how fabulous you really looked You are not as fat as you
Don't about the future 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 that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Do one every day that scares you
be reckless with other people's hearts Don't put up with people who are reckless yours
Don't your time on jealousy you're ahead, sometimes you're behind The race is long and in the end, only with yourself Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults, if you succeed in doing this, me how Keep your old love letters, throw away your old 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 interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't Get of calcium Be kind to knees You'll miss when they're gone
Maybe marry, maybe you won't Maybe you'll children, maybe you won't Maybe divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken' On 75th wedding anniversary you do, don't congratulate yourself too much Or yourself either Your 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, even if you have nowhere to do it but own living room the directions even if you don't follow them 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 your siblings, they're best link to your past And the people most likely to stick you in the future
that friends come and go But a precious few, who hold on
hard to bridge 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 leave before it you hard in northern California once but leave before it makes you soft
Accept certain inalienable will rise, politicians will philander, you, too, will get old And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were Prices reasonable, politicians were noble And children respected elders
Respect elders
Don't expect else to support you you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse But you never know when one might run out
Don't mess too much your hair Or by the time 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 the past From the disposal, it off, painting over the ugly parts And it for more than it's worth
But me on the sunscreen