Ladies and of the class of '99 sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, would be it The long-term of sunscreen have been proved by scientists Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis reliable Than my own meandering experience, I will 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 me, in 20 years, you'll look back At photos of yourself and recall in a way you grasp now How much possibility lay before you and how you really looked You are not as fat as you
Don't worry the future Or know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra 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 thing every day scares you
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Don't be reckless with other people's Don't put up people who are reckless with yours
Don't waste your on jealousy Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're 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 love letters, throw your 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 of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't Get of calcium Be kind to knees You'll miss them when gone
Maybe you'll marry, you won't you'll have 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 berate either Your choices are 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 greatest instrument you'll own Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but own living room Read the even if you don't follow them Do not read beauty magazines, they only make you feel ugly
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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 likely to stick with you in the future
Understand that come and go But a few, who should hold on
hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle For as the older you get, the more you need the people you when 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 truths Prices will rise, politicians philander, you, too, will get old And when you do, you'll fantasize when you were young Prices were reasonable, were noble And children their elders
Respect elders
Don't anyone else to support 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 40 it will look 85
Be careful advice you buy but be patient with those who supply it Advice is a form of nostalgia, it is a way of fishing the past From the disposal, it off, painting over the ugly parts And recycling it for more than it's
But me on the sunscreen
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