Ladies and Gentlemen of the of '97. sunscreen. If I offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable my own meandering experience... I will this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at 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 about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things never crossed your worried mind. The kind that blindside you at 4pm on idle Tuesday.
Do one everyday that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
waste your time on jealousy; Sometimes ahead, You're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only yourself.
the compliments you receive, forget the insults; If you Succeed in doing this, me how.
Keep your old love letters, away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you 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 still don't.
Get of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you'll miss when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, 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 yourself either. choices are half chance, so are everybody else's. Enjoy your body, Use it every way you can... Don't be of it, or what other people Think of it, It's the greatest instrument you'll own...
Dance... even if you have nowhere to do it but in own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they only make you feel ugly.
Brother and sister together make it through Someday your spirit will you and guide you there I know been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there For you. And I'll be there, tell me now, whenever I can. free.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be for good.
Be nice to your They are the best to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it you hard; Live in California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will Philander, you too get old, and when you do you'll 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 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 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 fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But me on the sunscreen...
(Brother and sister together we'll make it Someday your spirit will take you and you there I you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there For you. And be there, just tell me now, whenever I can. free.)