Ladies and gentlemen of the of '99 sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, would be it The long-term benefits of sunscreen been proved by scientists Whereas the rest of my advice has no more reliable Than my own meandering experience, I 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 recall in a way you can't now How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really 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 crossed your worried mind The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Do one thing every day that you
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Don't be reckless with other hearts Don't put up with people who are 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 only with 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 what you want to do with 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 your miss them when they're gone
Maybe marry, maybe you won't Maybe have children, maybe you won't you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken' On your 75th anniversary Whatever you do, congratulate yourself too much Or yourself either Your are half chance, so are everybody else's
your body, use it every way you can Don't be afraid of it or other people think of it It's the greatest you'll ever own Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your own room Read the directions if you don't follow them Do not beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly
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Get to your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good Be nice to your siblings, they're your best link to past And the people most likely to with you in the future
that 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 the people you knew when you were young Live in New York City once but leave before it 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 that when you were young Prices were reasonable, politicians noble And respected their elders
your elders
Don't expect anyone else to you Maybe you have a fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse But you never know when one might run out
Don't too much with your hair Or by the time you're 40 it will 85
Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient with who supply it Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of the past the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts And recycling it for more it's worth
But me on the sunscreen
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