Ladies and gentlemen of the of '99 Wear
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen be it The long-term benefits of have been proved by scientists the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable Than my own meandering experience, I dispense this advice now
Enjoy the power and beauty of youth, oh, never mind You will not understand the power and beauty of your Until they've faded but trust me, in 20 years, you'll look At photos of yourself and recall in a way you grasp now How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really You are not as fat as you
Don't worry about the 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 never crossed worried mind The that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday Do one every day that scares you
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Don't be reckless with people's hearts Don't put up with 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, only with yourself Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults, if you succeed in doing this, me how Keep your old love letters, throw away old bank statements
Don't guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I still don't Get of calcium Be to your knees You'll them when they're gone
Maybe you'll marry, you won't Maybe you'll children, maybe you won't you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken' On your 75th wedding you do, don't congratulate yourself too much Or berate yourself Your choices are half chance, so are everybody
Enjoy your body, use it way you can Don't be afraid of it or what other think of it the greatest instrument you'll ever own Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your own room Read the even if you don't follow them Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you ugly
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Get to know your parents, you never know they'll be gone for good Be nice to siblings, they're your best link to your past And the people most likely to stick with you in the
Understand friends come and go But a precious few, who should on
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and 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 makes you
Accept certain truths Prices will rise, politicians philander, you, too, will get old And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were Prices were reasonable, politicians were And children respected elders
your elders
Don't expect anyone else to you Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe have a wealthy spouse But you never when either one might run out
Don't mess too much your hair Or by the time you're 40 it will 85
Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient those who supply it Advice is a form of nostalgia, it is a way of fishing the past From the disposal, wiping it off, painting the ugly parts And recycling it for more than it's
But me on the sunscreen
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