Ladies and of the class of '99 sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen be it The long-term benefits of sunscreen been proved by scientists Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more my own meandering experience, I will dispense this advice now
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh, mind You not understand the power and beauty of your youth Until they've faded but trust me, in 20 years, you'll back At of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now How possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked You are not as fat as you
worry about the future Or know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an equation by chewing bubble gum The real in your life 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 every day that scares you
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Don't be with other people's hearts Don't put up with people who are reckless with
Don't waste your time on Sometimes ahead, sometimes you're behind The race is long and in the end, it's only yourself Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults, if you succeed in this, tell me how Keep your old love letters, 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 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 they're gone
Maybe you'll marry, you won't Maybe have children, maybe you won't Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe dance the 'Funky Chicken' On your 75th anniversary Whatever you do, don't 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 people think of it It's the instrument you'll ever own Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but own living room Read the directions if you don't follow them Do not read beauty magazines, will only make you feel ugly
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Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for Be nice to your siblings, they're your link to your past And the most likely to stick with you in the future
Understand that friends 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 knew when you were Live in New York once but leave before it makes you hard Live in northern once but leave before it makes you soft
Accept inalienable truths Prices rise, politicians will philander, you, too, will get old And when you do, fantasize that when you were young Prices were reasonable, politicians noble And children respected their
Respect elders
expect anyone else to support you Maybe you have a trust fund, you'll have a wealthy spouse But you never know when either one run out
Don't mess too much with hair Or by the time 40 it will look 85
Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient 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 ugly And recycling it for more than it's
But me on the sunscreen
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