Ladies and of the class of '97. sunscreen. If I could offer you 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 than my own meandering experience... I will this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the 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 your life are apt to be things that never crossed your mind. The kind blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on Sometimes ahead, You're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the If you Succeed in this, tell me how.
your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't what you want to do with your Life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with 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 you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't Congratulate yourself too much or yourself either. Your 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 people 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 follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you ugly.
Brother and sister together we'll make it 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 know your parents, you never know when be gone 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 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 leave it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will Philander, you too will get old, and 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 anyone else to you. Maybe you have a trust fund, Maybe you have a spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
mess 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. is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing 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 sister together make it through Someday spirit will take 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.)