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 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 your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years look 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 or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind. The kind that 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 people who are with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste time on jealousy; you're ahead, Sometimes behind. The is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember the you receive, forget the insults; If you Succeed in this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away 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 wanted to do their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.
Get of calcium.
Be kind to knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't Congratulate yourself too or berate yourself either. choices are half chance, so are everybody else's. Enjoy your body, Use it every way you can... Don't be afraid of it, or what other Think of it, It's the greatest you'll ever own...
Dance... even if you nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, if you don't follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they only make you feel ugly.
Brother and sister we'll make it through Someday your spirit will you and guide you there I know you've been hurting, but been waiting to be there For you. And I'll be there, tell me now, whenever I can. free.
Get to your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.
Be nice to siblings; They are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick you in the future.
Understand that friends 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 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 once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will Philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect elders.
Don't anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a fund, Maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess 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 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, over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But me on the sunscreen...
(Brother and sister together make it through Someday your spirit will take you and you there I know you've been hurting, but been waiting to be there For you. And I'll be there, just me now, whenever I can. free.)