Ladies and gentlemen of the of '99 sunscreen
If I could you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would 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 advice now
Enjoy the and beauty of your youth, oh, never mind You will not the power and beauty of your youth Until they've faded but me, in 20 years, you'll look back At photos of yourself and recall in a way you grasp now How much possibility lay you and how fabulous you really looked You are not as fat as you
worry about 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 worried mind The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some Tuesday Do one thing day that scares you
Don't be reckless with people's hearts put up with people who are reckless with yours
Don't your time on jealousy you're ahead, sometimes you're behind The race is long and in the end, it's with yourself Remember compliments you receive, the insults, if you succeed in doing this, tell me how Keep your old 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 I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know don't Get of calcium Be kind to knees You'll miss them when gone
you'll marry, maybe you won't Maybe you'll have children, maybe you Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky On your wedding anniversary Whatever you do, congratulate yourself too much Or yourself either choices are half chance, so are everybody else's
Enjoy body, use it every way you can be afraid of it or what other people think of it It's the greatest instrument ever own Dance, if you have nowhere to do it but your own living room the directions even if you don't follow them Do not read beauty magazines, they will make you feel ugly
Get to know your parents, you never 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 stick with you in the
Understand that friends and go But a precious few, who hold on
Work to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle For as the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you young Live in New York City once but leave it makes you hard Live in northern California once but leave before it you soft
Accept inalienable truths Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you, too, get old And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you young Prices were reasonable, politicians were And children respected elders
Respect elders
Don't expect anyone else to you Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll a wealthy spouse But you never know when either one run out
mess too much with 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, wiping it off, painting over the parts And it for more than it's worth
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