Ladies and Gentlemen of the of '97. 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 reliable than my own meandering experience... I will dispense advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked... not as fat as you Imagine.
Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind. The kind blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your on jealousy; Sometimes ahead, Sometimes behind. The is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, the insults; If you in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your 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 still don't.
Get of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when gone.
Maybe you'll marry, you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't Congratulate yourself too much or berate either. Your choices are half chance, so are else's. Enjoy your body, Use it every 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 in your own room.
Read the directions, if you don't follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will make you feel ugly.
Brother and sister together we'll make it Someday your spirit will take you and you there I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be For you. And I'll be there, just tell me now, I can. free.
Get to your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.
Be to your siblings; They are the best link to past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should on. Work to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; Live in Northern California once, but leave it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will Philander, you too will get old, and when you do fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
your elders.
Don't expect else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, Maybe you have a wealthy but you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice 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 ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But me on the sunscreen...
(Brother and together we'll make it through Someday your spirit will take you and guide you I know you've hurting, but I've been waiting to be there For you. And I'll be there, just me now, whenever I can. free.)