Ladies and Gentlemen of the of '97. sunscreen. If I could 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 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 until they faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and 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 worrying is as effective as trying to an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that crossed your worried mind. The kind blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste time on jealousy; you're ahead, Sometimes behind. The race is long, and in the end, only with yourself.
the compliments you receive, forget the insults; If you Succeed in doing this, 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 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, miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe 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 yourself too much or berate yourself either. Your choices are chance, so are everybody else's. Enjoy your body, Use it way you can... Don't be afraid of it, or what other people Think of it, It's the instrument you'll ever own...
Dance... even if you have to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you follow them.
Do NOT read magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Brother and sister together make it through your spirit will take you and guide you there I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be 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 to stick with you in the future.
Understand that come and go, but for the precious few you should hold 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.
Live in New York once, but leave before it makes you hard; Live in Northern California once, but 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 young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect elders.
Don't expect anyone else to you. Maybe you have a trust fund, you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much 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 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 sister we'll make it through your spirit will take you and guide you there I know you've been hurting, but I've been to be there For you. And I'll be there, just me now, whenever I can. free.)