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 proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no more reliable than my own meandering experience... I will this advice now.
Enjoy the power and of your youth; oh nevermind; you will 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 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 that never your worried mind. The kind that blindside you at 4pm on idle Tuesday.
Do one thing that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
waste your time on jealousy; Sometimes ahead, Sometimes behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's with yourself.
Remember the you receive, forget the insults; If you Succeed in doing this, me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know you want to do with your Life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they to do with 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 dance the funky chicken on your wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't Congratulate yourself too much or berate 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 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.
Read the directions, even if you don't them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you ugly.
Brother and sister together we'll make it Someday spirit will take you and guide you there I know been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there For you. And be there, just 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 link to your past and the people most to stick 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 geography and lifestyle the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you 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 when you do you'll that when you were 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, Maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when one might run out.
Don't mess too 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 over the ugly parts and recycling it for than it's worth.
But me on the sunscreen...
(Brother and sister together we'll it through Someday spirit will take you and guide you there I know you've been hurting, but I've waiting to be there For you. And I'll be there, tell me now, whenever I can. free.)