Ladies and Gentlemen of the of '97. sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience... I will this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you 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 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 some Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless other people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't your time on jealousy; Sometimes ahead, You're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, the insults; If you Succeed in this, tell me how.
Keep your old letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do your Life. The most interesting people I know didn't 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 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 too much 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 of it, or what other people Think of it, It's the greatest you'll ever own...
Dance... if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they only make you feel ugly.
and sister together we'll make it through Someday 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, tell me now, whenever I can. free.
Get to know your parents, you never when they'll be gone for good.
Be nice to your They are the best link to your past and the people most likely to with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave it makes you hard; in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices rise, politicians will Philander, you too will 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 anyone 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 mess too much with your hair, or by the 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, 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 we'll it through your spirit will take you and guide you there I you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there For you. And I'll be there, tell me now, whenever I can. free.)