Ladies and of the class of '99 Wear
If I could offer you one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it The long-term benefits of have been proved by scientists Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more Than my own meandering experience, I will dispense this now
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh, never You will not understand the power and beauty of your Until they've faded but me, in 20 years, you'll look back At photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't now How possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked You are not as fat as you
Don't about the future Or that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum The real troubles in your are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Do one thing day that scares you
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Don't be with other people's hearts Don't put up people who are reckless with yours
Don't your time on jealousy Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes behind The is long and in the end, it's only with yourself Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults, if you in doing this, tell me how Keep your old love letters, throw away your old statements
Don't feel guilty if you don't what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I still don't Get of calcium Be to your knees You'll miss them they're gone
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you Maybe you'll have children, maybe you Maybe divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken' On your wedding anniversary Whatever you do, don't yourself too much Or yourself either Your are half chance, so are everybody else's
Enjoy your body, use it way you can Don't be afraid of it or what other people of it It's the instrument you'll ever own Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your own room Read the directions even if you don't them Do not read beauty magazines, will only make you feel ugly
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Get to know your parents, you never 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
Understand that come and go But a precious few, who hold on
Work hard to bridge the in geography and lifestyle For as the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were Live in New City once but leave before it makes you hard Live in California once but leave before it makes you soft
Accept certain inalienable Prices will rise, will philander, you, too, will get old And when you do, you'll fantasize that you were young Prices reasonable, politicians were noble And children respected their
Respect elders
Don't expect anyone else to you you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse But you know when either one might run out
mess 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 the past From the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the parts And recycling it for more than worth
But me on the sunscreen
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