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 reliable than my

Own meandering

Experience... i will dispense this advice now



Enjoy the power and beauty of you youth; oh,

Nevermind, you will not

Understand the power and beauty of your youth until

They've faded. but trust

Me, in 20 years you'll 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. you are not as fat as you imagine



Do not worry about the future; or worry, but know that

Worrying is as

Effective as trying to solve and algebra equation by

Chewing bubblegum. the

Real toubles in life are apt to be things that never

Crossed your worried

Mind; the kind the blindsides you an 4pm on some idle

Tuesday



Do one thing everyday that scares you



Sing



Do not be reckless with other peoples hearts. do not

Put up with people who

Are reckless with yours



Floss



Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're

Ahead, sometimes you're

Behind. the race is long, and in the end, it's only with

Yourself



Remember compliments you recieve. forget the

Insults. if you suceed in doing

This, tell me how



Keep your old love letters. throw away your old bank

Statements



Stretch



Do not feel guilty if you don't know what you wanna do

With your life,...

The most interesting people i know didn't know at 22

What they wanted to do

With their lives, some of the most ineresting 40 year

Olds i know still

Don't



Get plenty of calcium



Be kind to your 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 at

Your 75th wedding anniversary.... whatever you do,

Don't congratulate

Yourself too much or berate yourself either - your

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 people think of it... it's the greatest instrument

You'll ever own



Dance... even if you have nowhere else to do it but in

Your own living room



Read the directions, even if you don't follow them



Do not read beauty magazines they will only make

You feel ugly



Get to know your parents, you never know when they

Might be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they're your best link to your

Past, and the

People most likely to stick with you in the future



Understand that friends come and go, except 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 need the people you knew

When you were young



Live in new york city once, but leave before it makes

You hard. live in

Northern california 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 were reasonable, politicians

Were noble, and children

Respected their elders



Respect your elders



Don't expect anyone else to support you. maybe

You'llhave a trust fund,

Maybe you'll 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 it's

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 more than its worth



But trust me on the sunscreen


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