Ladies and of the class of '99 Wear
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen be it The benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists Whereas the rest of my has no basis more reliable Than my own experience, I will dispense this advice now
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh, mind You will not the power and beauty of your youth Until they've faded but trust me, in 20 years, you'll look At photos of yourself and 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 about the future Or know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an equation by chewing bubble gum The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that crossed your worried mind The that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday Do one thing day that scares you
Don't be reckless with other hearts Don't put up people who are reckless with yours
Don't your time on jealousy Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're The race is long and in the end, it's only yourself Remember you receive, forget the insults, if you succeed in doing this, tell me how Keep 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 with lives Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know don't Get plenty of Be kind to knees You'll miss them when gone
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you Maybe have children, maybe you won't Maybe you'll at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken' On your 75th wedding you do, don't congratulate yourself too much Or yourself either Your choices are half chance, so are everybody
Enjoy your body, use it way you can Don't be afraid of it or other people think of it the greatest instrument you'll ever own Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but own living room Read the directions even if you follow them Do not read beauty magazines, will only make you feel ugly
Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be for good Be nice to siblings, they're your best link to your past And the people most to stick with you in the future
Understand friends come and go But a precious few, who should 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 it makes you hard Live in northern California but leave before it makes you soft
Accept certain inalienable Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you, too, get old And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were were reasonable, politicians were noble And children respected elders
Respect your
expect anyone else to support you Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a spouse But you know when either one might run out
Don't too much with your hair Or by the time you're 40 it 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 it's
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